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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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| US 09839534 | Lipsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lipsey (Oak Park, Illinois); Jon Sensinger (Fredericton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Prosthetic devices and, more particularly, modular myoelectric prosthesis components and related methods, are described. In one embodiment, a hand for a prosthetic limb may comprise a rotor-motor; a transmission, comprising a differential roller screw; a linkage coupled to the transmission; and at least one finger coupled to the linkage. In one embodiment, a component part of a wrist of a prosthetic limb may comprise an exterior-rotor motor, a planetary gear transmission, a clutch, and a cycloid transmission. In one embodiment, an elbow for a prosthetic limb may comprise an exterior-rotor motor, and a transmission comprising a planetary gear transmission, a non-backdrivable clutch, and a screw. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/614231 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/583 (20130101) A61F 2/585 (20130101) A61F 2/586 (20130101) A61F 2002/543 (20130101) A61F 2002/587 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/5043 (20130101) A61F 2002/5072 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6872 (20130101) A61F 2310/00047 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/086 (20130101) B25J 17/0258 (20130101) Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 15/00 (20130101) Gearing F16H 25/2252 (20130101) F16H 37/041 (20130101) F16H 2035/005 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/14 (20130101) H02K 7/116 (20130101) |
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| US 09839535 | Holt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Mueller Holt (Topanga, California); Sujee Jeyapalina (Salt Lake City, Utah); Roy Drake Bloebaum (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kent Nelson Bachus (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An abutment system for operatively coupling an implant stem to an exo-prosthesis. The abutment system includes a plurality of interlocking sleeve elements that are operatively coupled to an implant stem positioned within a prepared site of a selected bone. The interlocking sleeve elements of the abutment system are selectively removable and replaceable. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/415939 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/2814 (20130101) A61F 2002/502 (20130101) A61F 2002/3055 (20130101) A61F 2002/5083 (20130101) A61F 2002/7887 (20130101) A61F 2220/0041 (20130101) |
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| US 09839685 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of inducing an immune response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a subject (e.g., a human subject) and compositions useful in such methods (e.g., a nanoemulsion comprising HIV or antigenic portion thereof). |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786855 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09839690 | You et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngjae You (Edmond, Oklahoma); Moses Bio (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Abu Gafar Hossion (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Gregory Nkepang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Activatable compositions that include at least one functional moiety and at least one cleavable linker directly or indirectly linked to the at least one functional moiety are disclosed. The at least one functional moiety is inactive when linked to the linker and activated upon cleavage of the linker. Methods of production and use of the activatable composition are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/187227 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/09 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 41/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48069 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 2005/0659 (20130101) A61N 2005/0662 (20130101) |
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| US 09839724 | Allain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean Paul Allain (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lisa Reece (Lafayette, Indiana); Zhangcan Yang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Rocco Armonda (Bethesda, Maryland); Ravindra Kempaiah (West Lafayette, Indiana); Teodoro Tigno (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are endovascular stents in which a portion of the stents have a bioactive coating for promoting repair of damaged vessels, systems comprising the stents, and methods of using the stents to promote occlusion of aneurysms and/or repair damaged vessels. |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/464298 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/07 (20130101) A61F 2/86 (20130101) A61F 2/95 (20130101) A61F 2210/009 (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 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/64 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) A61L 2420/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09840005 | Thorne |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Everett Thorne (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example robotic joint may include a first cam and a second cam. The robotic joint may also include a first actuator configured to contact the first cam, a second actuator configured to contact the first cam, a third actuator configured to contact the second cam, and a fourth actuator configured to contact the second cam. The robotic joint may also include a first coupling link configured to couple the first cam to a first drive shaft link, and a second coupling link configured to couple the second cam to a second drive shaft link. The robotic joint may also include a drive shaft rigidly coupled to the first drive shaft link and the second drive shaft link, wherein the drive shaft rotates about a first pivot axis when the first and third actuators and the second and fourth actuators act in concert. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/458371 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/123 (20130101) Gearing F16H 25/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09840024 | Zaretski 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) | Aliaksandr Zaretski (San Diego, California); Darren J. Lipomi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are processes for transferring high quality large-area graphene layers (e.g., single-layer graphene) to a flexible substrate based on preferential adhesion of certain thin metallic films to graphene followed by lamination of the metallized graphene layers to a flexible target substrate in a process that is compatible with roll-to-roll manufacturing, providing an environmentally benign and scalable process of transferring graphene to flexible substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/211978 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/008 (20130101) B28B 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (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 14/24 (20130101) C23C 14/30 (20130101) C23C 14/34 (20130101) C23C 16/06 (20130101) C23C 16/26 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) C23C 18/1633 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/54 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/022 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/283 (20130101) H01L 21/02425 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02658 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) |
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| US 09840226 | Faughn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jim Allen Faughn (Baltimore, Maryland); Richard William Kozycki (Street, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim Allen Faughn (Baltimore, Maryland); Richard William Kozycki (Street, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A lighted egress apparatus includes a unitary body comprising a cavity therewithin, the cavity comprising a power supply supplying electricity and circuitry coupled to the power supply and conducting the electricity; a fixed blade partially fixed within the cavity and comprising a cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade is exposed from the unitary body and positioned at a constant cutting angle; a switch partially fixed within the cavity and coupled to the circuitry, wherein activation of the switch completes the circuitry and allows the circuitry to conduct the electricity; and an illumination device partially fixed within the cavity and coupled to the circuitry, wherein the illumination device illuminates as the circuitry conducts the electricity to the illumination device and positioned to direct illumination in front of the cutting blade. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916745 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement of Signalling or Lighting Devices, the Mounting or Supporting Thereof or Circuits Therefor, for Vehicles in General B60Q 3/242 (20170201) Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 22/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840315 | Langenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Langenfeld (Nashua, New Hampshire); Christopher M. Werner (San Jose, California); Ryan K. LaRocque (Manchester, New Hampshire); Thomas S. Schnellinger (North Andover, New Hampshire); Stanley B. Smith, III (Raymond, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A swimming propulsion device. The swimming propulsion device includes a fuselage at least one propulsor pivotally connected to the fuselage, and in some embodiments, at least one stabilizer affixed to the fuselage. The device also includes a swimmer connection mechanism removably attached to the fuselage by a locking mechanism whereby the swimmer connection mechanism connects a swimmer to the device, and a control mechanism installed within the propulsor. A method for efficient swimming is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149730 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 35/00 (20130101) Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 1/26 (20130101) B63B 1/30 (20130101) B63B 1/248 (20130101) Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 1/36 (20130101) B63H 16/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840414 | Zettl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Michael Rousseas (Burlingame, California); Anna P. Goldstein (Berkeley, California); William Mickelson (Albany, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Leta Woo (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. For example, one aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising: (a) providing boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon; (b) heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the aerogel; (c) mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide; and (d) converting at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. Another aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising heating boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon under flow of a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein boron oxide vapor and the nitrogen-containing gas convert at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/408297 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/064 (20130101) C01B 21/0645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840418 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Ayrat Dimiev (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Gabriel Ceriotti (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Ayrat Dimiev (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Gabriel Ceriotti (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing graphene nanoplatelets by exposing graphite to a medium to form a dispersion of graphite in the medium. In some embodiments, the exposing results in formation of graphene nanoplatelets from the graphite. In some embodiments, the medium includes the following components: (a) an acid; (b) a dehydrating agent; and (c) an oxidizing agent. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure result in the formation of graphene nanoplatelets at a yield of more than 90%. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure result in the formation of graphene nanoplatelets in bulk quantities that are more than about a 1 kg of graphene nanoplatelets. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertains to the formed graphene nanoplatelets. In some embodiments, the graphene nanoplatelets include a plurality of layers, such as from about 1 layer to about 100 layers. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/739455 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0438 (20130101) C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0476 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/24 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09840432 | Jarmon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Jarmon (Kensington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a transfer molding assembly. The assembly includes a die having a molding cavity interconnected with a reservoir. The assembly further includes a heater operable to heat the die, and a load plate configured to move under its own weight to transfer material from the reservoir into the molding cavity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/029322 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/24 (20130101) B28B 3/025 (20130101) Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 19/02 (20130101) C03B 19/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C03B 2201/02 (20130101) C03B 2201/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09840450 | Jenkins 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) | Timothy A Jenkins (Bel Air, Maryland); Jennifer A. M. Ciezak-Jenkins (Bel Air, Maryland); Jennifer L Gottfried (Abingdon, Maryland); Rose A Pesce-Rodriguez (Elkridge, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a high pressure polymorph of croconic acid. The high pressure polymorph of croconic acid has an unexpectedly high energy release and is suitable for use in detonable compositions. The high pressure polymorph of croconic acid is recoverable to ambient conditions and exhibits only a modest increase in density but a greatly improved energy release. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/847023 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 43/00 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/13 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840520 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuedong Liu (Niwot, Colorado); Gan Zhang (Niwot, Colorado); Daniel Chuen-Fong Chan (Denver, Colorado); Anthony D. Piscopio (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel hydroxamic acids which are specific histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors and/or TTK/Mps1 kinase inhibitors, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful for modulating HDAC and/or TTK/Mps1 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and processes for their preparation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/310743 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/16 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840539 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Christine E. Tinberg (Seattle, Washington); Sagar D. Khare (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Jiayi Dou (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polypeptides with steroid binding activity and methods for their use as therapeutics and detection agents are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/766259 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/005 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1034 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/743 (20130101) |
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| US 09840634 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Sooman Lim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea); C. Daniel Frisbie (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Lorraine F. Francis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Woo Jin Hyun (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene ink compositions as can be utilized with gravure and screen printing processes, to provide flexible electronic components with high-resolution printed graphene circuitry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699822 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal 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 11/033 (20130101) C09D 11/037 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09840638 | Dressick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter J. Dressick (Waldorf, Maryland); Melik C. Demirel (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are the polymers shown below. The value n is a positive integer. R1 is an organic group, and each R2 is H or a chemisorbed group, with at least one R2 being a chemisorbed group. The polymer may be a nanostructured film. Also provided herein is a method of: converting a di-p-xylylene paracyclophane dimer to a reactive vapor of monomers; depositing the reactive vapor onto a substrate held at an angle relative to the vapor flux to form nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film; reacting the film with an agent to form hydrogen atoms that are reactive with a precursor of a chemisorbed group, if the film does not contain the hydrogen atoms; and reacting the hydrogen atoms with the precursor. Also provided herein is a device having a nanostructured poly(p-xylylene) film on a pivotable substrate. The film has directional hydrophobic or oleophobic properties and directional adhesive properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/219907 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/38 (20130101) B05D 1/60 (20130101) B05D 5/08 (20130101) B05D 5/10 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 283/004 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/025 (20130101) C08G 81/00 (20130101) C08G 2261/61 (20130101) C08G 2261/3424 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 155/00 (20130101) C09D 165/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/00 (20130101) C09J 2201/626 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2835 (20150115) Y10T 428/31504 (20150401) |
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| US 09840639 | Sampathkumaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | InnoSense, LLC (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INNOSENSE LLC (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Uma Sampathkumaran (Torrance, California); Kevin H. Yu (Temple City, California); Corey M. Selman (West Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to hydrophilic anti-fog coatings. In particular, the coatings use two types of nanoscale particles, colloidal silica and porous organosilicate micelles, in a polyurethane matrix. The invention is an anti-fog coating for optically clear substrates (polycarbonate, polyurethane, nylon, polyester and other clear plastics) without the need for a primer and glass or oxide substrates with an additional primer layer, comprising monosized colloidal silica nanoparticles and porous organosilicate micelles in a polyurethane matrix. The silica is preferably 1-5% by weight and the micelles are loaded at 0.1 to 10% volume percentage by volume. The polyurethane prepolymer is dissolved at 10-40% by weight in a mixture of tertiary amyl alcohol and diacetone alcohol to customize for dip, flow or spray coating processes |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/664049 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/10 (20130101) C08G 18/282 (20130101) C08G 77/26 (20130101) C08G 77/46 (20130101) C08G 2290/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/34 (20130101) C08K 3/34 (20130101) C08K 3/36 (20130101) C08K 3/36 (20130101) C08K 7/26 (20130101) C08K 7/26 (20130101) C08K 2201/005 (20130101) C08K 2201/011 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 75/04 (20130101) C08L 83/02 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 175/00 (20130101) C09D 175/00 (20130101) C09D 175/00 (20130101) C09D 175/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 175/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/04 (20130101) G02B 1/04 (20130101) G02B 1/18 (20150115) |
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| US 09840676 | 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 Goverment of United States of America as Represented by to Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A three step method for the conversion of ethanol into fuels that can be utilized as full-performance military jet or diesel fuels. Embodiments of the invention further describe methods for the selective conversion of ethanol to full performance saturated hydrocarbon fuels that are suitable for both jet and diesel propulsion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/195257 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) C07C 2/08 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 45/00 (20130101) C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/1088 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) C10L 2270/04 (20130101) C10L 2270/026 (20130101) C10L 2290/08 (20130101) C10L 2290/543 (20130101) |
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| US 09840699 | Liu 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) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Alexis Christine Komor (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or enzyme domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or domains, are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/326109 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/50 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/78 (20130101) C12N 9/6472 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) 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) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/00 (20130101) C12Y 301/22 (20130101) C12Y 304/22062 (20130101) C12Y 305/04 (20130101) C12Y 305/04001 (20130101) C12Y 305/04004 (20130101) C12Y 305/04005 (20130101) |
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| US 09840731 | Hogan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GenTegra, LLC (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gentegra, LLC (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Hogan (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for preserving a biological material—such as a protein, a nucleic acid or a biological sample, or any combination thereof—in a substantially water-free, nonionic or ionic organic solvent. Improved preservation, including for example the stability and/or the solubility of the biological material in the substantially water-free fluid medium, is achieved with compositions comprising one or more substances (e.g., an antioxidant) described in the disclosure, and/or a metal salt. The biological material is soluble and stable, and retains its function and activity, when it is preserved in the substantially water-free fluid medium at ambient temperature or higher for extended periods of time. Therefore, the composition comprising the biological material does not need to be refrigerated or frozen during shipping or storage. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/213066 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/6802 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) |
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| US 09840935 | Khibnik |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander I. Khibnik (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for monitoring rotating component includes receiving a continuous waveform sensor signal from a sensor apparatus, retaining the continuous waveform in a memory, and isolating at least one characteristic and/or at least one period of the waveform. The isolated characteristic and/or period is analyzed thereby determining the presence of a waveform anomaly. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/662721 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 21/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09841056 | Snow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle Robert Snow (Loveland, Ohio); Philip J. Ogston (Blue Ash, Ohio); Christopher Michael Grady (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing apparatus includes: a bearing including a first race rotatable relative to a second race, wherein the first race includes one or more drain passages extending therethrough; and a squeeze film damper connected to the first race, the squeeze film damper including first and second squeeze film spaces separated by an oil drain path which communicates with the one or more drain passages of the first race. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919453 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/18 (20130101) F01D 25/162 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/54 (20130101) F05D 2260/96 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/06 (20130101) F16C 19/16 (20130101) F16C 27/045 (20130101) F16C 33/6659 (20130101) F16C 33/6677 (20130101) F16C 33/6685 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16C 35/045 (20130101) F16C 2360/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09841077 | Modrezejewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. M. Modrezejewski (Keller, Texas); Steven Spears (Hurst, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Some examples of rotating shaft damping with electro-rheological fluid can be implemented as a method. At least a portion of a circumferential surface area of a portion of a rotorcraft rotating shaft is surrounded with multiple hollow members. Each hollow member includes an electro-rheological fluid having a viscosity that changes based on an electric field applied to the electro-rheological fluid. A vibration of the rotorcraft rotating shaft is controlled by changing the viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid in response to the electric field applied to the electro-rheological fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/307715 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/001 (20130101) B64C 27/12 (20130101) B64C 2027/004 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 9/006 (20130101) F16F 9/532 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 13/14 (20130101) F16F 13/30 (20130101) F16F 13/1427 (20130101) F16F 2222/12 (20130101) F16F 2224/043 (20130101) F16F 2232/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09841263 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS L.L.C. (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for initiating a thermal battery including: releasing an engagement between an element and a striker mass upon an acceleration time and magnitude greater than a first threshold; and moving at least one member into a path of the element to prevent the element from releasing the striker mass only where the acceleration time and magnitude is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828395 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42C 19/00 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 35/14 (20130101) H01H 35/142 (20130101) H01H 35/145 (20130101) |
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| US 09841321 | Pastore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Pastore (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David Perez (Milford, Massachusetts); Michael D. Hargreaves (Lawrence, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hand-held spectrometer includes at least one indicator light and a processor configured to control the at least one indicator light to indicate a state of the hand-held spectrometer selected from a group consisting of a background scanning state, a ready-to-scan-sample state, a signal strength state, a fluorescence intensity state, a sample match state, a sample classification state, an error state, a data transfer state, a battery charge state, and a memory capacity state. The sample match state can be, for example, one of a positive match state, a mixture match state, a negative match state, and a match error state. In some embodiments, the error state can be at least one of a background error state, a user error state, and an instrument error state, or any combination thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, January 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/406968 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/10 (20130101) G01J 3/027 (20130101) G01J 3/28 (20130101) G01J 3/42 (20130101) G01J 3/44 (20130101) G01J 3/0264 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/0272 (20130101) G01J 3/2803 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/359 (20130101) G01N 21/552 (20130101) G01N 21/718 (20130101) G01N 2021/399 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) |
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| US 09841324 | Furstenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Furstenberg (Largo, Maryland); Chris Kendziora (Burke, Virginia); R. Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Viet K. Nguyen (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Furstenberg (Largo, Maryland); Chris Kendziora (Burke, Virginia); R. Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Viet K. Nguyen (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-destructive method for chemical imaging with ˜1 nm to 10 μm spatial resolution (depending on the type of heat source) without sample preparation and in a non-contact manner. In one embodiment, a sample undergoes photo-thermal heating using an IR laser and the resulting increase in thermal emissions is measured with either an IR detector or a laser probe having a visible laser reflected from the sample. In another embodiment, the infrared laser is replaced with a focused electron or ion source while the thermal emission is collected in the same manner as with the infrared heating. The achievable spatial resolution of this embodiment is in the 1-50 nm range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/748430 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) G01J 3/45 (20130101) G01J 3/0202 (20130101) G01J 3/443 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/60 (20130101) G01J 2003/2826 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) G01N 21/171 (20130101) G01N 21/3563 (20130101) G01N 2021/393 (20130101) G01N 2021/1714 (20130101) G01N 2021/1725 (20130101) G01N 2021/1731 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/008 (20130101) G02B 21/0028 (20130101) |
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| US 09841347 | Bovington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jock T. Bovington (La Jolla, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reflectivity test circuit is described. The reflectivity test circuit includes a symmetric structure that cancels errors in the reflectivity measurements. In particular, the reflectivity test circuit includes an optical waveguide that is optically coupled to two optical ports and two optical couplers. The optical couplers are optically coupled to adjacent optical waveguides, at least one of which is optically coupled to a third optical port and the mirror. Moreover, a length of the optical waveguide is chosen to match the round-trip optical path length in at least the one of the adjacent optical waveguides. During operation, control logic determines the reflectivity of the mirror based at least on a ratio of an optical power measured on one of the two optical ports to an input optical power on the third optical port. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/947061 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/26 (20130101) G02B 6/42 (20130101) G02B 6/125 (20130101) G02B 6/2938 (20130101) G02B 2006/12104 (20130101) |
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| US 09841367 | Astratov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina At Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Microspheres are sorted by resonant light pressure effects. An evanescent optical field is generated when light is confined within the interior of an optical element such as a surface waveguide, a tapered microfiber, or a prism. Microspheres brought within vicinity of the surface are subjected to forces that result from a coupling of the evanescent field to whispering gallery modes (WGM) in the microspheres. Alternatively, a focused laser beam is directed close to the edge of the microspheres to exert resonant optical forces on microspheres. Alternatively, standing optical waves are excited in the optical element. Optical forces are resonantly enhanced when light frequencies match WGM frequencies in the microspheres. Those microspheres for which resonance is obtained are more affected by the evanescent field than microspheres for which resonance does not occur. Greater forces are applied to resonating microspheres, which are separated from a heterogeneous mixture according to size. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858043 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/3427 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/00 (20130101) G01N 15/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/53 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/00 (20130101) G02B 27/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09841544 | Akselrod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gleb M. Akselrod (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William A. Tisdale (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian J. Walker (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a device and a method for the design and fabrication of the device for enhancing the brightness of luminescent molecules, nanostructures, and thin films. The device includes a mirror, a dielectric medium or spacer, an absorptive layer, and a luminescent layer. The absorptive layer is a continuous thin film of a strongly absorbing organic or inorganic material. The luminescent layer may be a continuous luminescent thin film or an arrangement of isolated luminescent species, e.g., organic or metal-organic dye molecules, semiconductor quantum dots, or other semiconductor nanostructures, supported on top of the absorptive layer. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563023 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 2/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/28 (20130101) G02B 5/286 (20130101) G02B 5/287 (20130101) G02B 5/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2207/113 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02322 (20130101) H01L 51/447 (20130101) H01L 51/5271 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/168 (20130101) H01S 3/169 (20130101) H01S 3/0915 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09841576 | Zhilinsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Zhilinsky (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Laszlo Kovacs (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Zhilinsky (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Laszlo Kovacs (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for parallax correction includes a rotatable focus adjuster having a longitudinal axis. A lens retainer is engaged with the focus adjuster. A first lens is housed within the lens retainer aligned with the longitudinal axis. A second lens is positioned parallel to the first lens within the lens retainer. The second lens is configured to move laterally with respect to the first lens to correct for parallax between the first and second lenses. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858491 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 7/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09841606 | Rothschild et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mordechai Rothschild (Newton, Massachusetts); Kenneth Diest (Bedford, Massachusetts); Vladimir Liberman (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment according to the invention provides an optical filter that combines narrow spectral bandwidth and high rejection of out-of-band radiation with a wide acceptance angle. These filters are based on the nanoscale engineering of materials (“metamaterials”) that possess predefined birefringence determined by a combination of their geometry and material composition. These metamaterials are combined into a functional optical filter that can exhibit true zero crossing, with acceptance angle effectively decoupled from bandwidth, at practically any wavelength of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532597 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/30 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) G02B 27/28 (20130101) G02B 27/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09842096 | Beller 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) | Charles E. Beller (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Drzewucki (Chantilly, Virginia); Christopher Phipps (Arlington, Virginia); Kristen M. Summers (Takoma Park, Maryland); Julie T. Yu (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for identifying nonsense passages in documents being ingested into a corpus. A natural language processing pipeline configured to execute in the data processing system receives an input document to be ingested into a corpus. The natural language processing pipeline divides the input document into a plurality of input passages. A filter component of the natural language processing pipeline identifies whether each input passage is a nonsense passage based on a value of a metric determined according to a set of feature counts. The natural language processing pipeline filters each input passage in the plurality of input passages based on whether the input passage is identified as a nonsense passage or not identified as a nonsense passage to form a filtered plurality of input passages. The natural language processing pipeline adds the filtered plurality of input passages into the corpus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/152826 |
| ART UNIT | 2176 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/28 (20130101) G06F 17/241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30734 (20130101) |
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| US 09842141 | Chen 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) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Range query techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with data stream processing systems. A technique is provided for incrementally processing continual range queries against moving objects. This technique is applicable for location-aware services and applications. A technique for evaluating one or more continual range queries over one or more moving objects comprises maintaining a query index with one or more containment-encoded virtual constructs associated with the one or more continual range queries over the one or more moving objects, and incrementally evaluating the one or more continual range queries using the query index. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/068042 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30241 (20130101) G06F 17/30312 (20130101) G06F 17/30463 (20130101) G06F 17/30516 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09842404 | Freeman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institite of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Freeman (Acton, Massachusetts); Frederic Durand (Somerville, Massachusetts); Tianfan Xue (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Rubinstein (Somerville, Massachusetts); Neal Wadhwa (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging method and corresponding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention enables measurement and visualization of fluid flow. An embodiment method includes obtaining video captured by a video camera with an imaging plane. Representations of motions in the video are correlated. A textured background of the scene can be modeled as stationary, with a refractive field translating between background and video camera. This approach offers multiple advantages over conventional fluid flow visualization, including an ability to use ordinary video equipment outside a laboratory without particle injection. Even natural backgrounds can be used, and fluid motion can be distinguished from refraction changes. Depth and three-dimensional information can be recovered using stereo video, and uncertainty methods can enhance measurement robustness where backgrounds are less textured. Example applications can include avionics and hydrocarbon leak detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279266 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/001 (20130101) G01P 5/26 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/54 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/246 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10021 (20130101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (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) | Christopher C. Smyth (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for facilitating attention to a task are disclosed. The method may include: detecting, with a sensor, one or more movements, estimating the task attention state based on the one or more movements, determining the workload based on the estimated attention state, and determining based on the workload, the optimal format for the relay of operational information that best facilitates attention to the task for increased ease of task performance. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/721161 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| 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 09842721 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liang Jie Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Byron Freelon (Chicago, Illinois); Timm Rohwer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuh Gedik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven Glenn Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liang Jie Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Byron Freelon (Chicago, Illinois); Timm Rohwer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuh Gedik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven Glenn Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/244569 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/047 (20130101) H01J 2237/063 (20130101) H01J 2237/0473 (20130101) H01J 2237/0475 (20130101) |
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| US 09842812 | Tin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey); Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Tin (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jeffrey James Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Steven J. Eickhoff (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Jeff A. Ridley (Shorewood, Minnesota); Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Christopher Ober (Ithaca, New York); Serhan Ardanuc (Ithaca, New York); Ved Gund (Ithaca, New York); Alex Ruyack (Ithaca, New York); Katherine Camera (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein provide for a self-destructing chip including at least a first die and a second die. The first die includes an electronic circuit, and the second die is composed of one or more polymers that disintegrates at a first temperature. The second die defines a plurality of chambers, wherein a first subset of the chambers contain a material that reacts with oxygen in an exothermic manner. A second subset of the chambers contain an etchant to etch materials of the first die. In response to a trigger event, the electronic circuit is configured to expose the material in the first subset of chambers to oxygen in order to heat the second die to at least the first temperature, and is configured to release the etchant from the second subset of the chambers to etch the first die. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/660726 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 35/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/34 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0077 (20130101) B81B 2201/0257 (20130101) B81B 2201/0264 (20130101) B81B 2203/0127 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00333 (20130101) B81C 2201/013 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/26 (20130101) C23C 16/44 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/268 (20130101) H01L 21/02118 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 21/31133 (20130101) H01L 21/76837 (20130101) H01L 21/76877 (20130101) H01L 21/76898 (20130101) H01L 23/57 (20130101) H01L 23/58 (20130101) H01L 23/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/573 (20130101) H01L 23/576 (20130101) H01L 25/16 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/2475 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tangali S. Sudarshan (Columbia, South Carolina); Amitesh Srivastava (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tangali S. Sudarshan (Columbia, South Carolina); Amitesh Srivastava (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing an epitaxial layer on a substrate is generally provided. According to the method, the substrate is heated in a chemical vapor deposition chamber to a growth temperature in the presence of a carbon source gas, then the epitaxial layer is grown on the substrate at the growth temperature, and finally the substrate is cooled in a chemical vapor deposition chamber to at least about 80% of the growth temperature in the presence of a carbon source gas. Substrates formed from this method can have a carrier lifetime between about 0.25 μs and about 9.9 μs. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045334 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/10 (20130101) C30B 25/16 (20130101) C30B 25/18 (20130101) C30B 29/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Eriksson (Madison, Wisconsin); John King Gamble (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel R. Ward (Madison, Wisconsin); Susan Nan Coppersmith (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark G. Friesen (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A quantum semiconductor device is provided. The quantum semiconductor device includes a quantum heterostructure, a dielectric layer, and an electrode. The quantum heterostructure includes a quantum well layer that includes a first 2DEG region, a second 2DEG region, and a third 2DEG region. A first tunnel barrier exists between the first 2DEG region and the second 2DEG region. A second tunnel barrier exists between the second 2DEG region and the third 2DEG region. A third tunnel barrier exists either between the first 2DEG region and the third 2DEG region. The dielectric layer is formed on the quantum heterostructure. The electrode is formed on the dielectric layer directly above the first tunnel barrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205811 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/088 (20130101) H01L 29/41 (20130101) H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/423 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/4238 (20130101) H01L 29/7613 (20130101) H01L 29/7782 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09842957 | Michael 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) | Sherif Michael (Pebble Beach, California); Joseph E. O'Connor (Monterey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a solar cell design featuring p-or-n type GaAs with alternating p-n junction regions on the back-surface of the cell, opposite incident solar irradiance. Various layers of p-or-n type GaAs are interfaced together to collect charge carriers, and a thin layer of AlGaAs is applied to the front and back surfaces to prevent recombination of charge carriers. In some embodiments, the layered an doped structure generally provides an AlGaAs window layer of about 20 nm doped to about 4×(1018) cm−3, a GaAs absorption layer of about 2000 nm doped to about 4×(1017) cm−3, a GaAs emitter layer of about 150 nm and doped to 1×(1018) cm−3, an AlGaAs heterojunction layer of about 40 nm doped to about 3×(1018) cm−3, and a GaAs emitter-contact layer of about 20 nm doped to about 1×(1019) cm−3. Additionally, AlGaAs BSF layer and GaAs BSF-contact layers each have a depth of about 20 nm and are doped to about 4×(1018) cm−3 and 1×(1019) cm−3 respectively. The emitter layer, heterojunction layer, and emitter-contact layer are doped to a conductivity type opposite the absorption layer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/207128 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0304 (20130101) H01L 31/0682 (20130101) H01L 31/0693 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/03046 (20130101) H01L 31/022441 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, Inc. (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, INC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Cary, North Carolina); Jean-Marc Rollin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth Vanhille (Cary, North Carolina); Marcus Oliver (Durham, North Carolina); Steven E. Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/222115 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 5/183 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Sovel (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sovel (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A corrosion resistant termination connector for connecting to a steel wire rope and a modular fitting for use on a magnetic influence minesweeping cable is provided. The connector body is made of a high strength composite material, and has a common channel. The body has three sections: A ribbed annular stem, an abutment band with uniform edges for forming sealing occlusions, and an externally threaded spelter socket with a conical channel. Strands of the wire rope are splayed and adhesively joined with a mixture of thermosetting resins forming a conical wedge that secures the rope within the conical channel. The modular fitting is screwed on the elongate socket section, and includes a pin with a thimble. A molded insular cover seals the steel wire rope and the ribbed stem. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863754 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 15/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843302 | Analui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behnam Analui (Irvine, California); Ankush Goel (San Jose, California); Hossein Hashemi (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-port tunable or reconfigurable network having a filter transfer function may include: a network input port; a network output port; a hybrid coupler having a hybrid input port, a hybrid isolated port, a hybrid through port, and a hybrid coupled port; a first internal two-port network connected between the network input port and the hybrid input port; a second internal two-port network connected between the network output port and the hybrid isolated port; and a third internal two-port network connected between the hybrid through port and the hybrid coupled port. At least one of the first internal two-port network, the second internal two-port network, the third internal two-port network, and the hybrid coupler may be tunable or reconfigurable in response to an electrical signal or a user-operated control in a way that tunes or reconfigures the filter transfer function of the two-port tunable or reconfigurable network. A two-port tunable or reconfigurable network having a filter transfer function may include: a network input port; a network output port; a hybrid coupler having a hybrid input port, a hybrid isolated port, a hybrid through port, and a hybrid coupled port; a first load; a second load; a first internal two-port network connected between the between the first load and the hybrid through port; and a second internal two-port network connected between the between the second load and the hybrid coupled port. At least one of the first internal two-port network, the second internal two-port network, the hybrid coupler, the first load, and the second load may be tunable or reconfigurable in response to an electrical signal or a user-operated control in a way that tunes or reconfigures the filter transfer function of the two-port tunable or reconfigurable network. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/622627 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/20 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843339 | Kuan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yen-Cheng Kuan (Los Angeles, California); Randall White (Calabasas, California); Zhiwei A. Xu (Davis, California); Donald A. Hitko (Olney, Maryland); Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Jose Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Alan E. Reamon (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An asynchronous pulse domain to synchronous digital domain converter for converting pulse domain signals in an input asynchronous pulse domain data stream to synchronous digital domain signals in a data output stream. The converter comprises a plurality of counters arranged in a ring configuration with only one counter in the ring being responsive at any given time to positive and negative going pulses in the input asynchronous pulse domain data stream, each counter, when so responsive, counting a number of time units between either (i) a positive going pulse and an immediately following negative going pulse or (ii) a negative going pulse and an immediately following positive going pulse, the counts of the counters when so responsive being synchronously converted to synchronous digital domain signals in the data output stream. The disclosed asynchronous pulse domain to synchronous digital domain converter can be used with spike domain signals if desired. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248358 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/04 (20130101) G06F 1/12 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/1071 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akbar M. Sayeed (Madison, Wisconsin); John H. Brady (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of estimating a spatial filter matrix is provided. A conjugate of a received first signal defines a conjugate first signal. A Kronecker product of the defined first signal and a received second signal define a differential measurement signal. The computations are repeated for a plurality of first and second signals sufficient to compute an estimate of a channel matrix from the differential measurement signals. A spatial filter matrix is computed from the computed estimate of the channel matrix. The computed spatial filter matrix is used in a data communication phase between the first plurality of antennas and the second plurality of antennas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/619612 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0617 (20130101) H04B 7/0626 (20130101) H04B 7/0697 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0618 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Coprporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nirmit V. Desai (Yorktown Heights, New York); Ting He (Piermont, New York); Liang Ma (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Monitoring a network is provided. A set of predicted network topology snapshot graphs of nodes in the network are generated based on a set of network topology prediction models for the network. A subset of the nodes is selected as monitors in the set of predicted network topology snapshot graphs of the network so that each link in a set of selected network links is identifiable using end-to-end measurements between the monitors. Network states of interest are determined in the set of selected network links within a selected time window based on the end-to-end measurements between the monitors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/954188 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) H04L 41/145 (20130101) H04L 41/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 43/08 (20130101) H04L 43/045 (20130101) H04L 67/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09843530 | Le 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) | Thai Franck Le (White Plains, New York); Erich M Nahum (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A queue management method, system, and recording medium include a queue examining device configured to examine a reverse flow queue from a forwarder for an acknowledged packet and a dropping device configured to drop a packet in a forward flow queue if the packet in the forward flow queue includes the acknowledged packet in the reverse flow queue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969871 |
| ART UNIT | 2414 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/32 (20130101) H04L 47/627 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/6255 (20130101) H04L 47/6275 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FOVI 3D, INC. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FOVI 3D, INC. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Lucente (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the display devices. A lens array coupled to the display devices, e.g., directly or through some light delivery device, provides appropriate conditioning of the autostereoscopic image data so that users can view dynamic autostereoscopic images. Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are also described, including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field. The methods and systems may further include generating a calibrated hogel light field by generating calibrated hogel data using the calibration data. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/251622 |
| ART UNIT | 2693 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/268 (20130101) G03H 1/0808 (20130101) G03H 1/2294 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0409 (20130101) H04N 13/0425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843858 | Karunasiri 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) | Gamani Karunasiri (Pacific Grove, California); Fabio Alves (Marina, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a Direction Finding Acoustic Sensor comprising a first sound sensor and a second sound sensor, where the first and second sound sensors are generally maintained in a reflectional symmetry around an axis of symmetry. A digital device in data communication both sound sensors receives a signal PL from the first sensor a signal PR from the second sensor based on displacement respective sensors. The digital device evaluates a difference between an α1PL and an α2PR relative to a sum of the α1PL and the α2PR, and provides an angle θS corresponding to the result. Typically, the Direction Finding Acoustic Sensor communicates the θs determined using some appropriate reference frame, such as the axis of symmetry. The Direction Finding Acoustic Sensor is capable of providing an unambiguous direction within an angle of ±(90°−θoff) of the axis of symmetry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/634079 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 19/005 (20130101) H04R 2201/003 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergiy Yakovenko (Morgantown, West Virginia); Matthew Boots (Morgantown, West Virginia); Ryan Ellison (Washington, West Virginia); Kiril Tuntevski (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for quantitatively assessing the changes in control of asymmetric locomotor behavior of an animal comprising analyzing the phase modulation in response to imposed asymmetric stepping tasks for quantitatively assessing changes in control of asymmetric locomotor behavior. A walkway gait device is provided comprising an elevated grid having at least one platform having a face and at least two or more pegs located in front or back of said platform, wherein each peg has a pressure sensor or switch in communication with a detection unit for capturing the pressure detected by one or more of the pressure sensors or switches. Preferably, the grid of the walkway gait device has at least three platforms to form a closed path loop. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/259216 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — 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 1/031 (20130101) A01K 15/027 (20130101) A01K 29/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/112 (20130101) A61B 5/1038 (20130101) |
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| US 09839361 | Schnitzer 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) | Mark Jacob Schnitzer (Palo Alto, California); Juergen Claus Jung (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Imaging, testing and/or analysis of subjects are facilitated with a capillary-access approach. According to an example embodiment, a capillary is implanted into a specimen and adapted to accept an optical probe to facilitate optical access into the specimen. In some applications, the capillary is implanted for use over time, with one or more different probes being inserted into the capillary at different times, while the capillary is implanted. Certain applications involve capillary implantation over weeks, months or longer. Other applications are directed to the passage of fluid to and/or from a sample via the capillary. Still other applications are directed to the passage of electrical information between the sample and an external arrangement, via an implanted capillary. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/876620 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/04 (20130101) A61B 1/06 (20130101) A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 1/00165 (20130101) A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0062 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2503/40 (20130101) A61B 2562/0242 (20130101) |
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| US 09839364 | Moorman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Randall Moorman (Keswick, Virginia); Douglas E. Lake (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gordon F. Tomaselli (Lutherville, Maryland); Deeptankar Demazumder (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining health and mortality includes obtaining a ventricular activation (RR) time series from a subject for multiple temporal intervals. The method also includes calculating a cardiac entropy in the RR time series over the temporal intervals using coefficient of sample entropy (COSEn). Additionally, the method includes comparing the cardiac entropy between the intervals to determine health and mortality. The absolute and relative changes in entropy over a patient's follow up period provide dynamic information regarding health and mortality risk. The determination of health and mortality can then be used to create a treatment plan for the subject. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/400408 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/0456 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) |
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| US 09839535 | Holt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Mueller Holt (Topanga, California); Sujee Jeyapalina (Salt Lake City, Utah); Roy Drake Bloebaum (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kent Nelson Bachus (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An abutment system for operatively coupling an implant stem to an exo-prosthesis. The abutment system includes a plurality of interlocking sleeve elements that are operatively coupled to an implant stem positioned within a prepared site of a selected bone. The interlocking sleeve elements of the abutment system are selectively removable and replaceable. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/415939 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/2814 (20130101) A61F 2002/502 (20130101) A61F 2002/3055 (20130101) A61F 2002/5083 (20130101) A61F 2002/7887 (20130101) A61F 2220/0041 (20130101) |
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| US 09839618 | Robertson 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) | Gavin P. Robertson (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Raghavendra Gowda Chandagalu D. (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Subbarao V. Madhunapantula (Karnataka, India); Gajanan S. Inamdar (Balgaum, India); Omer F. Kuzu (Hershey, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer compositions and methods are described herein. In particular, compositions including one or more of leelamine, a leelamine derivative, abietylamine, an abietylamine derivative, and an abietic acid derivative are described. Methods for treatment of pathological conditions particularly cancer, in a subject using one or more of leelamine, a leelamine derivative, abietylamine, an abietylamine derivative, and an abietic acid derivative are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/366722 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/26 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 61/29 (20130101) C07C 211/31 (20130101) C07C 229/38 (20130101) C07C 265/08 (20130101) C07C 275/24 (20130101) C07C 279/04 (20130101) C07C 331/24 (20130101) C07C 335/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09839625 | Bergan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond C. Bergan (Chicago, Illinois); Karl A. Scheidt (Evanston, Illinois); Li Xu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for inhibiting cancer cell motility and/or metastasis. In particular embodiments, KBU2046 (or an analog thereof) and one or more additional therapies (e.g., cancer therapies (e.g., hormone therapies and chemotherapies) are provided to inhibit cancer cell motility, inhibit metastasis, and/or treat cancer (e.g., prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, etc.). |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/935040 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09839634 | Ebright |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been determined that co-administration of a rifamycin and a switch-region inhibitor 1) results in synergistic antibacterial effects, enabling efficacy at low, subtoxic doses, and/or 2) results in a low spontaneous resistance frequency, enabling treatment of high-titer infections without treatment failure due to spontaneous resistance. Accordingly, certain embodiments provide a composition comprising a rifamycin and a switch region inhibitor, as well as methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/376789 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09839635 | Bassaganya-Riera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LANDOS BIOPHARMA, INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LANDOS BIOPHARMA, INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josep Bassaganya-Riera (Blacksburg, Virginia); Adria Carbo Barrios (Blacksburg, Virginia); Richard Gandour (Blacksburg, Virginia); Julian D. Cooper (Blacksburg, Virginia); Raquel Hontecillas (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and a chronic inflammatory disease. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/374556 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) |
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| US 09839636 | Hadden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Kyle Hadden (Ellington, Connecticut); Upasana Banerjee (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are analogues of itraconazole that are both angiogenesis and hedgehog signaling pathway inhibitors. The compounds are expected to be useful in the treatment of cancer, particularly cancers that are dependent upon the hedgehog signaling pathway such as basal cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/481542 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09839638 — Compositions and methods for protecting cells during cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Fahl (Madison, Wisconsin); Nalini Raghavachari (Rockville, Maryland); Ming Zhu (Phoenix, Arizona); John A. Kink (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods are disclosed for protecting non-neoplastic cells from damage caused by cancer chemotherapeutic agents or radiation therapy, during the course of cancer therapy or bone marrow transplant. These are based on the use of chemoprotective inducing agents that induce or increase production of cellular detoxification enzymes in target cell populations. The compositions and methods are useful to reduce or prevent hair loss, gastrointestinal distress and lesions of the skin and oral mucosa that commonly occur in patients undergoing cancer therapy. Also disclosed is a novel assay system for identifying new chemoprotective inducing agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742537 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09839677 | Childers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Genethon (Evry, France); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston Salem, North Carolina); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Genethon (Evry, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin K. Childers (Seattle, Washington); Alan H. Beggs (Needham, Massachusetts); Ana Maria Buj Bello (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a myopathy. In certain embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for treating, improving muscle function, and prolonging survival in a subject with X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM). The present invention provides a method comprising systemic administration of a composition that induces the increased expression of myotubularin in the muscle of a subject. The invention provides sustained regional and global increases in muscle function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/220139 |
| 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 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/0058 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/03 (20130101) C12Y 301/03064 (20130101) |
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| US 09839682 | Hultgren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. Hultgren (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael G. Caparon (St. Louis, Missouri); Jerome Pinkner (St. Louis, Missouri); Ana L. Flores-Mireles (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising EbpA and methods of use thereof. Specifically, methods useful in the treatment and prevention of EbpA-associated infections. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851805 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1267 (20130101) |
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| US 09839685 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of inducing an immune response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a subject (e.g., a human subject) and compositions useful in such methods (e.g., a nanoemulsion comprising HIV or antigenic portion thereof). |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786855 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09839696 | 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 | Thursday, March 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/454754 |
| 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 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2810/6027 (20130101) |
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| US 09839757 | Galbraith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, portable oxygen concentrators that operate using an ultra rapid, sub one second, adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials are disclosed. The amount of sieve material utilized is a fraction of that used in conventional portable devices. This dramatically reduces the volume, weight, and cost of the device. Innovations in valve configuration, moisture control, case and battery design, and replaceable sieve module are described. Patients with breathing disorders and others requiring medical oxygen are provided with a long lasting, low cost alternative to existing portable oxygen supply devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/876133 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 16/0003 (20140204) A61M 16/20 (20130101) A61M 16/0063 (20140204) A61M 16/101 (20140204) Original (OR) Class A61M 16/105 (20130101) A61M 16/107 (20140204) A61M 16/0666 (20130101) A61M 16/0672 (20140204) A61M 16/0875 (20130101) A61M 16/1005 (20140204) A61M 2016/1025 (20130101) A61M 2202/0208 (20130101) A61M 2205/02 (20130101) A61M 2205/42 (20130101) A61M 2205/75 (20130101) A61M 2205/3327 (20130101) A61M 2205/3334 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/0415 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/85938 (20150401) |
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| US 09840465 | Kolocouris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Antonios Kolocouris (Athens, Greece); David D. Busath (Orem, Utah); Brent Johnson (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for treating and preventing viral infections including influenza are disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing viral infections, including influenza A infections are disclosed. Specifically, aminoadamantane derivatives that are structurally analogous to amantadine, including spirocyclic compounds, are provided for the treatment of amantadine-insensitive influenza infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/765539 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/38 (20130101) C07C 2601/14 (20170501) C07C 2603/74 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 209/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 211/10 (20130101) C07D 221/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09840479 | Fenton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen Shea Fenton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph Robert Dorkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts); Rebecca L. McClellan (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides polyamine-fatty acid derived lipidoids (e.g., compounds of Formula (I) or (II)) and methods of preparing the lipidoids. A described lipidoid includes R—C(═O)—O— moieties (where R is a lipid moiety), which may be hydrolyzed into non-toxic fatty acids. Also provided are compositions including a described lipidoid and an agent (e.g., polynucleotide, small molecule, peptide, or protein). The present disclosure also provides methods, kits, and uses that involve the lipidoids or compositions for delivering an agent to a subject, tissue, or cell and/or for treating and/or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, immunological diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory diseases, painful conditions, psychiatric disorders, and metabolic disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789227 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 219/06 (20130101) C07C 219/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 295/088 (20130101) |
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| US 09840483 | McBride 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) | William McBride (Los Angeles, California); Ewa Micewicz (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) and (II), compositions containing the compounds (alone or in combination with other agents), and their use to prevent, mitigate or treat a) damage induced by ionizing radiation, b) inflammation or c) cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/094192 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/54 (20130101) C07D 211/96 (20130101) C07D 215/54 (20130101) C07D 295/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 333/34 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09840487 | Scheidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl A. Scheidt (Evanston, Illinois); Bi-Shun Zeng (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to access 2-aryl chromene compounds via an asymmetric catalytic process. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/487592 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840515 | Wipf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Qiming Jane Wang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Qiming Jane Wang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds according to Formula (I), are potent inhibitors of protein kinase D (pan-PKD) activity. PKD controls key signaling cascades in cells, affecting cell proliferation, gene transcription, and protein trafficking. Accordingly, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of the inventive compounds are candidate therapeutics for pathological conditions conditioned by changes in PKD activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/992546 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 491/048 (20130101) C07D 491/147 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/04 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) C07D 513/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09840520 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuedong Liu (Niwot, Colorado); Gan Zhang (Niwot, Colorado); Daniel Chuen-Fong Chan (Denver, Colorado); Anthony D. Piscopio (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel hydroxamic acids which are specific histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors and/or TTK/Mps1 kinase inhibitors, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful for modulating HDAC and/or TTK/Mps1 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and processes for their preparation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/310743 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/16 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840583 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Zhiwei Xie (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, block copolymers are described herein. A block copolymer described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a first block comprising a polymer or oligomer formed from the reaction product of (i) a polycarboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid equivalent, (ii) a polyol, and (iii) an amino acid; and a second block comprising a polymer or oligomer that differs from the polymer or oligomer of the first block. In some cases, the polycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid equivalent comprises citric acid, a citrate, or an ester of citric acid. The polyol can comprise an α,ω-n-alkane diol, poly(ethylene glycol), or poly(propylene glycol). In some embodiments, the amino acid forms a pendant group of the polymer or oligomer of the first block and/or forms a luminescent 6-membered ring with the polycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid equivalent. The second block of a block copolymer described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a polylactone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903181 |
| 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 9/107 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/914 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/6854 (20130101) |
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| US 09840693 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Davis (Atlanta, Georgia); Archana V. Boopathy (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to self-assembling peptides that form hydrogels comprising peptide sequences for the activation of signaling pathways. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions comprising a recombinant polypeptide comprising a cell signaling sequence, e.g., JAG-1 sequence, fused to a hydrogel polypeptide sequence. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of cell culture on three dimensional scaffolds/hydrogels composed of self-assembling peptides disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411125 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09840699 | Liu 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) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Alexis Christine Komor (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or enzyme domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or domains, are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/326109 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/50 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/78 (20130101) C12N 9/6472 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) 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) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/00 (20130101) C12Y 301/22 (20130101) C12Y 304/22062 (20130101) C12Y 305/04 (20130101) C12Y 305/04001 (20130101) C12Y 305/04004 (20130101) C12Y 305/04005 (20130101) |
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| US 09840703 | Lieberman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judy Lieberman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Linfeng Huang (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The technology described herein relates to siRNAs, e.g., methods and compositions relating to the production of siRNAs in bacterial cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/758924 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2330/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09840708 | Shipp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret A. Shipp (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Qingsheng Yan (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing the efficacy of cancer therapies through modulation of BAL1 and/or BBAP. Also provided are methods for predicting the efficacy of cancer therapies or treating cancer in a subject through modulation of BAL1 and/or BBAP. Further provided are methods for identifying compounds that are capable of modulating BAL1-BBAP complexes. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/350166 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/1077 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2015/859 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (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 1/25 (20130101) C12Q 1/48 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/0203 (20130101) C12Y 603/02 (20130101) C12Y 603/02019 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/9015 (20130101) G01N 2333/91142 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/523799 |
| 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 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/746 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/907 (20130101) C12N 15/1082 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2800/101 (20130101) |
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| US 09840721 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pin Wang (Arcadia, California); Lili Yang (Arcadia, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for delivery of a polynucleotide encoding a gene of interest, typically an antigen, to a dendritic cell (DC). The virus envelope comprises a DC-SIGN specific targeting molecule. The methods and related compositions can be used to treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including infection, such as HIV/AIDS, and various types of cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051907 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 35/76 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/178 (20130101) A61K 38/178 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/204 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2026 (20130101) A61K 38/2046 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2740/13043 (20130101) C12N 2740/13045 (20130101) C12N 2740/15041 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2740/15045 (20130101) C12N 2770/36122 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2810/609 (20130101) C12N 2810/855 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ida Annunziata (Memphis, Tennessee); Alessandra D'Azzo (Memphis, Tennessee); Shai White-Gilbertson (North Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of various pathological states, including cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. The methods provided herein are based on the discovery that various proteins with a high level of sialylation are shown herein to be associated with disease states, such as, cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. Such methods provide a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile comprising one or more values representing lysosomal exocytosis activity. Also provided herein, is the discovery that low lysosomal sialidase activity is associated with various pathological states. Thus, the methods also provide a lysosomal sialidase activity profile, comprising one or more values representing lysosomal sialidase activity. A lysosomal sialidase activity profile is one example of a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/187349 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 38/48 (20130101) A61K 38/4813 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01018 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 33/57496 (20130101) G01N 2333/924 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09840742 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JBS Science Inc. (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JBS SCIENCE INC. (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Song (Audubon, Pennsylvania); Surbhi Jain (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Batbold Boldbaatar (Coastesville, Pennsylvania); Sitong Chen (Audubon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to a DNA marker for HBV-HCC detection and the methods, kits for quantitatively measuring the amount of HBV DNA and bisulfite treated HBV DNA, and methylated HBV DNA, and the aberrant methylation of the HBV genome for the used in the chronic HBV infected populations. Detection of the presence or absence of HCC, with elevated methylation levels in the one or more regions of DNA of the mammals as compared to the level of methylation in the one or more regions of DNA in the one or more control body fluids or tissues indicating the presence of the cancer, and the absence of elevated methylation levels indicating the absence of HCC. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/741442 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/706 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 09841416 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Steven Warren (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated circuits for a single-molecule nucleic-acid assay platform, and methods for making such circuits are disclosed. In one example, a method includes transferring one or more carbon nanotubes to a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and forming a pair of post-processed electrodes on the substrate proximate opposing ends of the one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/509766 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00653 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/48227 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) |
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| US 09841425 | Richman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Richman (La Jolla, California); Mary T Wrin (Fremont, California); Susan Little (San Diego, California); Christos J. Petropoulos (Half Moon Bay, California); Neil T. Parkin (Belmont, California); Jeannette Whitcomb (San Mateo, California); Wei Huang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for identifying whether a compound inhibits entry of a virus into a cell. The method may include obtaining nucleic acid encoding a viral envelope protein from a patient infected by the virus and co-transfecting it into a first cell along with a viral expression vector which lacks a nucleic acid encoding the envelope protein. The method may further include contacting the viral particles produced by the first cell with a second cell to which the virus binds in the absence and presence of the compound and measuring the amount of signal produced by the second cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/926837 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/16 (20130101) C07K 14/162 (20130101) C07K 16/08 (20130101) C07K 16/10 (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 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 33/56988 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09841426 | Naleway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc. (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Joseph Naleway (Eugene, Oregon); Fiona Karen Harlan (Eugene, Oregon); Jason Scott Lusk (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to substrates and methods for the visualization of intracellular organelles, such as the lysosome, peroxiosome, nucleus, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatus, based upon organelle enzyme activity. Such compounds represent a novel combination of chemically distinct enzyme substrates with targeting and detection substrates which are activated by enzyme activity inside target organelles to produce a detectable signal. The organelle targeted enzyme substrates of this invention are designed to provide high fluorescence at lower pH values found in some organelles and can be used for monitoring enzyme activity inside cells at very low concentrations. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689576 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) |
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| US 09841480 | Corum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Positive contrast localization of magnetic (e.g. superparamagnetic) particles in vivo or in vitro by means of SWIFT-MRI using the imaginary component of MR image data in combination with an anatomic reference image derived from the real or magnitude component. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262397 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4816 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09841481 | Kerr 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) | Adam B. Kerr (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Kangrong Zhu (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing images of a subject with a MRI system is provided. A radio frequency (RF) excitation field in combination with a slice-select magnetic gradient field along a slice-select direction is provided. At least one readout magnetic field gradient is established along a frequency-encoding direction and at least one phase encoding magnetic field gradient along a phase-encoding direction. The RF field or magnetic field gradient is manipulated along a slice-select direction in order to impart a sequence of phase shifts to the formed echo signals such that image data corresponding to an at least one adjacent slice location is incoherently aliased across a field-of-view (FOV) of a current slice location. Image data is acquired indicative of the formed echo signals. A plurality of images of the subject is reconstructed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/254506 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5616 (20130101) |
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| US 09842514 | Hoelzer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Hoelzer (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Timothy M. Herman (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Douglas L. Cook (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Vito R. Gervasi (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Heather N. Ryan (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Diane L. Herman (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic DNA model and DNA model kit that is based on the atomic coordinates of double-stranded DNA, but can be easily untwisted to form a flattened 2-D ladder structure. Once untwisted, the two strands of DNA can be easily “unzipped” to create single-stranded DNA templates that can be used to demonstrate the processes of DNA replication and transcription. The model and kit include two joints that allow the DNA model to be dynamically transformed from its helical arrangement into a straight ladder-like arrangement, with parallel base pairs and anti-parallel “backbones.” One joint is a pin joint, having rotation about one axis, and translation along that axis. The second joint can be a “compound” joint having multiple degrees of freedom at different points; or, it can be simplified to a single rotation axis with a separate translation axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626795 |
| ART UNIT | 3711 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843159 | Cable et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thorlabs, Inc. (Newton, New Jersey); Praevium Research, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thorlabs, Inc. (Newton, New Jersey); Praevium Research, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Ezra Cable (Newton, New Jersey); Vijaysekhar Jayaraman (Goleta, California); Benjamin Michael Potsaid (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable source includes a short-cavity laser optimized for performance and reliability in SSOCT imaging systems, spectroscopic detection systems, and other types of detection and sensing systems. The short cavity laser has a large free spectral range cavity, fast tuning response and single transverse, longitudinal and polarization mode operation, and includes embodiments for fast and wide tuning, and optimized spectral shaping. Disclosed are both electrical and optical pumping in a MEMS-VCSEL geometry with mirror and gain regions optimized for wide tuning, high output power, and a variety of preferred wavelength ranges; and a semiconductor optical amplifier, combined with the short-cavity laser to produce high-power, spectrally shaped operation. Several preferred imaging and detection systems make use of this tunable source for optimized operation are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/952554 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/255 (20130101) G01N 21/272 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 2021/399 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/105 (20130101) H01S 3/1396 (20130101) H01S 3/10015 (20130101) H01S 3/10061 (20130101) H01S 5/028 (20130101) H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/042 (20130101) H01S 5/0071 (20130101) H01S 5/0078 (20130101) H01S 5/183 (20130101) H01S 5/0607 (20130101) H01S 5/0683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/0687 (20130101) H01S 5/1039 (20130101) H01S 5/18311 (20130101) H01S 5/18355 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) H01S 5/18366 (20130101) H01S 5/18372 (20130101) H01S 5/34306 (20130101) H01S 5/34313 (20130101) H01S 2301/02 (20130101) |
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| US RE46631 | Whitehead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Lewis Markoff (Bethesda, Maryland); Barry Falgout (Rockville, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Kathryn A. Hanley (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (Δ30) in the 3′-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896384 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24161 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Keidar (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexey Shashurin (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for producing graphene includes a discharge assembly and a substrate assembly. The discharge assembly includes a cathode and an anode, which in one embodiment are offset from each other. The anode produces a flux stream that is deposited onto a substrate. A collection device removes the deposited material from the rotating substrate. The flux stream can be a carbon vapor, with the deposited flux being graphene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547747 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/08 (20130101) B01J 19/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/083 (20130101) B01J 2219/0809 (20130101) B01J 2219/0822 (20130101) B01J 2219/0839 (20130101) B01J 2219/0875 (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 31/0446 (20130101) C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/32614 (20130101) H01J 2329/0444 (20130101) |
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| US 09839979 | Todorov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE, INC. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edison Welding Institute, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgueni I. Todorov (Dublin, Ohio); Jacob Hay (Circleville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Electromagnetic and eddy current techniques for fast automated real-time and near real-time inspection and monitoring systems for high production rate joining processes. An eddy current system, array and method for the fast examination of welds to detect anomalies such as missed seam (MS) and lack of penetration (LOP) the system, array and methods capable of detecting and sizing surface and slightly subsurface flaws at various orientations in connection with at least the first and second weld pass. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/978747 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 9/173 (20130101) B23K 26/21 (20151001) B23K 31/02 (20130101) B23K 31/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 2203/05 (20151001) B23K 2203/10 (20130101) B23K 2203/20 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/90 (20130101) |
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| US 09840412 | Zidan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Matthew S. Wellons (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel hydrogen absorption material is provided comprising a mixture of a lithium hydride with a fullerene. The subsequent reaction product provides for a hydrogen storage material which reversibly stores and releases hydrogen at temperatures of about 270° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/532045 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/001 (20130101) C01B 3/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0213 (20130101) Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 15/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09840414 | Zettl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Michael Rousseas (Burlingame, California); Anna P. Goldstein (Berkeley, California); William Mickelson (Albany, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Leta Woo (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. For example, one aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising: (a) providing boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon; (b) heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the aerogel; (c) mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide; and (d) converting at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. Another aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising heating boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon under flow of a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein boron oxide vapor and the nitrogen-containing gas convert at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/408297 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/064 (20130101) C01B 21/0645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840443 | Landingham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Landingham (Livermore, California); Robert A. Reibold (Salida, California); Joe Satcher (Patterson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A general procedure applied to a variety of sol-gel precursors and solvent systems for preparing and controlling homogeneous dispersions of very small particles within each other. Fine homogenous dispersions processed at elevated temperatures and controlled atmospheres make a ceramic powder to be consolidated into a component by standard commercial means: sinter, hot press, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), hot/cold extrusion, spark plasma sinter (SPS), etc. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/515689 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/15 (20130101) B22F 3/20 (20130101) B22F 3/23 (20130101) B22F 3/105 (20130101) B22F 2003/208 (20130101) B22F 2005/001 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/06 (20130101) C01B 32/90 (20170801) C01B 32/956 (20170801) C01B 35/04 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/58 (20130101) C04B 35/563 (20130101) C04B 35/571 (20130101) C04B 35/581 (20130101) C04B 35/589 (20130101) C04B 35/624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/5611 (20130101) C04B 35/5805 (20130101) C04B 35/6265 (20130101) C04B 35/58014 (20130101) C04B 35/58057 (20130101) C04B 35/58064 (20130101) C04B 35/58071 (20130101) C04B 35/62655 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/666 (20130101) C04B 2235/781 (20130101) C04B 2235/3206 (20130101) C04B 2235/3208 (20130101) C04B 2235/3217 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3244 (20130101) C04B 2235/3258 (20130101) C04B 2235/3409 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) Alloys C22C 29/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09840577 | Singhal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pooja Singhal (Dublin, California); Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez (College Station, Texas); Duncan J. Maitland (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and/or structures of degradable shape memory polymers (SMPs) ranging in form from neat/unfoamed to ultra low density materials of down to 0.005 g/cc density. These materials show controllable degradation rate, actuation temperature and breadth of transitions along with high modulus and excellent shape memory behavior. A method of m ly low density foams (up to 0.005 g/cc) via use of combined chemical and physical aking extreme blowing agents, where the physical blowing agents may be a single compound or mixtures of two or more compounds, and other related methods, including of using multiple co-blowing agents of successively higher boiling points in order to achieve a large range of densities for a fixed net chemical composition. Methods of optimization of the physical properties of the foams such as porosity, cell size and distribution, cell openness etc. of these materials, to further expand their uses and improve their performance. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/269516 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0057 (20130101) A61B 2017/00592 (20130101) A61B 2017/00606 (20130101) A61B 2017/00623 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/10 (20130101) C08G 18/14 (20130101) C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/165 (20130101) C08G 18/6622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/00 (20130101) C08G 63/6852 (20130101) C08G 71/04 (20130101) C08G 2101/005 (20130101) C08G 2101/0083 (20130101) C08G 2230/00 (20130101) C08G 2280/00 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/00 (20130101) C08J 2375/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09840605 | Qi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan); Yudong Qi (Shanghai, China PRC); Yan Li (Shanghai, China PRC); Shana P. Bunker (Midland, Michigan); Stephane Costeux (Midland, Michigan); Ted A. Morgan (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yudong Qi (Shanghai, China PRC); Yan Li (Shanghai, China PRC); Shana P. Bunker (Midland, Michigan); Stephane Costeux (Midland, Michigan); Ted A. Morgan (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer foam bodies are made from phosphorus-containing thermoplastic random copolymers of a dialkyl (meth)acryloyloxyalkyl phosph(on)ate. Foam bodies made from these copolymers exhibit increased limiting oxygen indices and surprisingly have good properties. In certain embodiments, the phosphorus-containing thermoplastic copolymer is blended with one or more other polymers and formed into nanofoams. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 15/100956 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 220/14 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/12 (20130101) C08J 9/0061 (20130101) C08J 9/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2201/032 (20130101) C08J 2203/06 (20130101) C08J 2203/08 (20130101) C08J 2205/042 (20130101) C08J 2205/044 (20130101) C08J 2333/10 (20130101) C08J 2333/12 (20130101) C08J 2343/00 (20130101) C08J 2433/12 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 21/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09840756 | Nakano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jinichiro Nakano (Albany, Oregon); James P. Bennett (Salem, Oregon); Anna Nakano (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinichiro Nakano (Albany, Oregon); James P. Bennett (Salem, Oregon); Anna Nakano (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to systems and methods for regenerating and recirculating a CO, H2 or combinations thereof utilized for metal oxide reduction in a reduction furnace. The reduction furnace receives the reducing agent, reduces the metal oxide, and generates an exhaust of the oxidized product. The oxidized product is transferred to a mixing vessel, where the oxidized product, a calcium oxide, and a vanadium oxide interact to regenerate the reducing agent from the oxidized product. The regenerated reducing agent is transferred back to the reduction furnace for continued metal oxide reductions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790082 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 11/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 31/00 (20130101) C01G 31/02 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 5/12 (20130101) C22B 34/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09840780 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yeong-Shyung Chou (Richland, Washington); Jeffry W. Stevenson (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeong-Shyung Chou (Richland, Washington); Jeffry W. Stevenson (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are detailed for aluminizing surfaces of metallic substrates, parts, and components with a protective alumina layer in-situ. Aluminum (Al) foil sandwiched between the metallic components and a refractory material when heated in an oxidizing gas under a compression load at a selected temperature forms the protective alumina coating on the surface of the metallic components. The alumina coating minimizes evaporation of volatile metals from the metallic substrates, parts, and components in assembled devices that can degrade performance during operation at high temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/871551 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 8/02 (20130101) C23C 8/10 (20130101) C23C 8/12 (20130101) C23C 26/00 (20130101) C23C 30/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0208 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) H01M 8/0273 (20130101) H01M 8/1246 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) |
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| US 09841242 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALSTOM Technology Ltd (Baden, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Baden, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Zhang (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for transferring heat between a first gas flow and a second gas flow, the heat exchanger comprising at least two sectors; a first sector that is operative to receive a combustion air stream; and a second sector that is opposed to the first sector and that is operative to receive either a reducer gas stream or an oxidizer gas stream, and a pressurized layer disposed between the first sector and the second sector; where the pressurized layer is at a higher pressure than combustion air stream, the reducer gas stream and the oxidizer gas stream. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/923936 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 2900/99008 (20130101) Supplying Air or Non-combustible Liquids or Gases to Combustion Apparatus in General; Valves or Dampers Specially Adapted for Controlling Air Supply or Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Inducing Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Tops for Chimneys or Ventilating Shafts; Terminals for Flues F23L 15/02 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 19/041 (20130101) F28D 19/047 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/346 (20130101) Y02E 20/348 (20130101) |
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| US 09841306 | Lane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Lane (Clifton Park, New York); James L. Doyle, Jr. (Renton, Washington); Michael J. Brinkman (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Lane (Clifton Park, New York); James L. Doyle, Jr. (Renton, Washington); Michael J. Brinkman (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a volume sensor having first, second, and third laser sources emitting first, second, and third laser beams; first, second, and third beam splitters splitting the first, second, and third laser beams into first, second, and third beam pairs; first, second, and third optical assemblies expanding the first, second, and third beam pairs into first, second, and third pairs of parallel beam sheets; fourth, fifth, and sixth optical assemblies focusing the first, second, and third beam sheet pairs into fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs; and first, second, and third detector pairs receiving the fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs and converting a change in intensity of at least one of the beam pairs resulting from an object passing through at least one of the first, second, and third parallel beam sheets into at least one electrical signal proportional to a three-dimensional representation of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/930859 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/04 (20130101) G01B 11/24 (20130101) G01B 11/245 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09841544 | Akselrod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gleb M. Akselrod (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William A. Tisdale (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian J. Walker (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a device and a method for the design and fabrication of the device for enhancing the brightness of luminescent molecules, nanostructures, and thin films. The device includes a mirror, a dielectric medium or spacer, an absorptive layer, and a luminescent layer. The absorptive layer is a continuous thin film of a strongly absorbing organic or inorganic material. The luminescent layer may be a continuous luminescent thin film or an arrangement of isolated luminescent species, e.g., organic or metal-organic dye molecules, semiconductor quantum dots, or other semiconductor nanostructures, supported on top of the absorptive layer. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563023 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 2/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/28 (20130101) G02B 5/286 (20130101) G02B 5/287 (20130101) G02B 5/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2207/113 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02322 (20130101) H01L 51/447 (20130101) H01L 51/5271 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/168 (20130101) H01S 3/169 (20130101) H01S 3/0915 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09841592 | Reed |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc. (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEGRATED DYNAMIC ELECTRON SOLUTIONS, INC. (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan W. Reed (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for temporal compressive sensing are disclosed, where within each of one or more sensor array data acquisition periods, one or more sensor array measurement datasets comprising distinct linear combinations of time slice data are acquired, and where mathematical reconstruction allows for calculation of accurate representations of the individual time slice datasets. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/243235 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/222 (20130101) H01J 2237/221 (20130101) H01J 2237/262 (20130101) H01J 2237/24455 (20130101) |
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| US 09842664 | Reilly 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) | Sean Douglas Reilly (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Iain May (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Roy Copping (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Gregory Edward Dale (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A processes for recycling uranium that has been used for the production of molybdenum-99 involves irradiating a solution of uranium suitable for forming fission products including molybdenum-99, conditioning the irradiated solution to one suitable for inducing the formation of crystals of uranyl nitrate hydrates, then forming the crystals and a supernatant and then separating the crystals from the supernatant, thus using the crystals as a source of uranium for recycle. Molybdenum-99 is recovered from the supernatant using an adsorbent such as alumina. Another process involves irradiation of a solid target comprising uranium, forming an acidic solution from the irradiated target suitable for inducing the formation of crystals of uranyl nitrate hydrates, then forming the crystals and a supernatant and then separating the crystals from the supernatant, thus using the crystals as a source of uranium for recycle. Molybdenum-99 is recovered from the supernatant using an adsorbent such as alumina. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/038424 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 19/46 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21G 2001/0036 (20130101) G21G 2001/0042 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 30/883 (20150501) |
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| US 09842695 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph S. Taylor (Noblesville, Indiana); Manuel Ray Fairchild (Kokomo, Indiana); Uthamalingam Balachjandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Tae H. Lee (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph S. Taylor (Noblesville, Indiana); Manuel Ray Fairchild (Kokomo, Indiana); Uthamalingam Balachjandran (Willowbrook, Illinois); Tae H. Lee (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A ceramic-capacitor includes a first electrically-conductive-layer, a second electrically-conductive-layer arranged proximate to the first electrically-conductive-layer, and a dielectric-layer interposed between the first electrically-conductive-layer and the second electrically-conductive-layer. The dielectric-layer is formed of a lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate material (PLZT), wherein the PLZT is characterized by a dielectric-constant greater than 125, when measured at 25 degrees Celsius and zero Volts bias, and an excitation frequency of ten-thousand Hertz (10 kHz). A method for increasing a dielectric constant of the lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate material (PLZT) includes the steps of depositing PLZT to form a dielectric-layer of a ceramic-capacitor, and heating the ceramic-capacitor to a temperature not greater than 300° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/151830 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/30 (20130101) H01G 4/1218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09842952 | Howell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DOW CORNING CORPORATION (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malinda Howell (Midland, Michigan); Donnie Juen (Sanford, Michigan); Barry Ketola (Freeland, Michigan); Mary Kay Tomalia (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic cell module, a photovoltaic array including at least two modules, and a method of forming the module are provided. The module includes a first outermost layer and a photovoltaic cell disposed on the first outermost layer. The module also includes a second outermost layer disposed on the photovoltaic cell and sandwiching the photovoltaic cell between the second outermost layer and the first outermost layer. The method of forming the module includes the steps of disposing the photovoltaic cell on the first outermost layer, disposing a silicone composition on the photovoltaic cell, and compressing the first outermost layer, the photovoltaic cell, and the second layer to form the photovoltaic cell module. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/630998 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 17/10018 (20130101) B32B 17/10798 (20130101) B32B 2327/12 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/049 (20141201) H01L 31/0481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09842958 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York); The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); John Smedley (Shirley, New York); Erik Muller (South Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming electrical contacts on a diamond substrate comprises producing a plasma ball using a microwave plasma source in the presence of a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases include a source of a p-type or an n-type dopant. The plasma ball is disposed at a first distance from the diamond substrate. The diamond substrate is maintained at a first temperature. The plasma ball is maintained at the first distance from the diamond substrate for a first time, and a UNCD film, which is doped with at least one of a p-type dopant and an n-type dopant, is disposed on the diamond substrate. The doped UNCD film is patterned to define UNCD electrical contacts on the diamond substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/339295 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/028 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0288 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/03682 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) |
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| US 09843054 | Goettler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Goettler (Medina, Ohio); Zhien Liu (Canton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a fuel cell system having a plurality of adjacent electrochemical cells formed of an anode layer, a cathode layer spaced apart from the anode layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer. The fuel cell system also includes at least one interconnect, the interconnect being structured to conduct free electrons between adjacent electrochemical cells. Each interconnect includes a primary conductor embedded within the electrolyte layer and structured to conduct the free electrons. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823512 |
| 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 2/20 (20130101) H01M 8/24 (20130101) H01M 8/0202 (20130101) H01M 8/0215 (20130101) H01M 8/0236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/2425 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2300/0074 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09843080 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yufeng Zhao (Golden, Colorado); Chunmei Ban (Golden, Colorado); Daniel Ruddy (Lafayette, Colorado); Philip A. Parilla (Lakewood, Colorado); Seoung-Bum Son (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of the present invention is an electrical device, where the device includes a current collector and a porous active layer electrically connected to the current collector to form an electrode. The porous active layer includes MgBx particles, where x≧1, mixed with a conductive additive and a binder additive to form empty interstitial spaces between the MgBx particles, the conductive additive, and the binder additive. The MgBx particles include a plurality of boron sheets of boron atoms covalently bound together, with a plurality of magnesium atoms reversibly intercalated between the boron sheets and ionically bound to the boron atoms. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/685428 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/623 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) H01M 2300/0028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/128 (20130101) |
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| US 09843262 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Noah Andrew Sturcken (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Power controller includes an output terminal having an output voltage, at least one clock generator to generate a plurality of clock signals and a plurality of hardware phases. Each hardware phase is coupled to the at least one clock generator and the output terminal and includes a comparator. Each hardware phase is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of clock signals and a reference voltage, combine the corresponding clock signal and the reference voltage to produce a reference input, generate a feedback voltage based on the output voltage, compare the reference input and the feedback voltage using the comparator and provide a comparator output to the output terminal, whereby the comparator output determines a duty cycle of the power controller. An integrated circuit including the power controller is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182100 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/06 (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 3/1584 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843275 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Ya Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hulin Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Jin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Qingshen Jing (Atlanta, Georgia); Peng Bai (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Ya Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hulin Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Jin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Qingshen Jing (Atlanta, Georgia); Peng Bai (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator includes a first member, a second member and a sliding mechanism. The first member includes a first electrode and a first dielectric layer affixed to the first electrode. The first dielectric layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The second member includes a second material that has a second rating on the triboelectric series that is different from the first rating. The second member includes a second electrode. The second member is disposed adjacent to the first dielectric layer so that the first dielectric layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sliding mechanism is configured to cause relative movement between the first member and the second member, thereby generating an electric potential imbalance between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/338846 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843400 | Sinha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cristian Pantea (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive, linear arrangement of a sonic crystal-based apparatus and method including a 1D sonic crystal, a nonlinear medium, and an acoustic low-pass filter, for permitting unidirectional broadband ultrasound propagation as a collimated beam for underwater, air or other fluid communication, are described. The signal to be transmitted is first used to modulate a high-frequency ultrasonic carrier wave which is directed into the sonic crystal side of the apparatus. The apparatus processes the modulated signal, whereby the original low-frequency signal exits the apparatus as a collimated beam on the side of the apparatus opposite the sonic crystal. The sonic crystal provides a bandpass acoustic filter through which the modulated high-frequency ultrasonic signal passes, and the nonlinear medium demodulates the modulated signal and recovers the low-frequency sound beam. The low-pass filter removes remaining high-frequency components, and contributes to the unidirectional property of the apparatus. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/680031 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/04 (20130101) Transmission H04B 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Howell (Orem, Utah); Spencer Magleby (Provo, Utah); Holly Greenburg Nihipali (Davie, Florida); Samuel Wilding (Springville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a container including a lid, and a cradle configured to support a device. The apparatus can include a lifting mechanism operably coupled to the cradle and the lid. The lifting mechanism can be configured to move between a storage position where the cradle is disposed in the container to a dispensing position where the cradle is disposed outside of the container. The lifting mechanism can be configured to move between the storage position and the dispensing position in response to moving the lid. The lifting mechanism can include a first link aligned parallel to a second link when the lifting mechanism is in the dispensing position and when the lifting mechanism is in the storage position. The first link and the second link can both be within the same plane when in a position between the storage position and the dispensing position. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754050 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Purses; Luggage; Hand Carried Bags A45C 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A45C 13/02 (20130101) A45C 13/005 (20130101) A45C 13/34 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 75/326 (20130101) B65D 81/22 (20130101) B65D 83/00 (20130101) B65D 2575/3218 (20130101) B65D 2575/3245 (20130101) B65D 2585/545 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, portable oxygen concentrators that operate using an ultra rapid, sub one second, adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials are disclosed. The amount of sieve material utilized is a fraction of that used in conventional portable devices. This dramatically reduces the volume, weight, and cost of the device. Innovations in valve configuration, moisture control, case and battery design, and replaceable sieve module are described. Patients with breathing disorders and others requiring medical oxygen are provided with a long lasting, low cost alternative to existing portable oxygen supply devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/876133 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 16/0003 (20140204) A61M 16/20 (20130101) A61M 16/0063 (20140204) A61M 16/101 (20140204) Original (OR) Class A61M 16/105 (20130101) A61M 16/107 (20140204) A61M 16/0666 (20130101) A61M 16/0672 (20140204) A61M 16/0875 (20130101) A61M 16/1005 (20140204) A61M 2016/1025 (20130101) A61M 2202/0208 (20130101) A61M 2205/02 (20130101) A61M 2205/42 (20130101) A61M 2205/75 (20130101) A61M 2205/3327 (20130101) A61M 2205/3334 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/0415 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/85938 (20150401) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Griffiths (Strasbourg, France); David Weitz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Darren Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); Keunho Ahn (Lafayette, California); Jerome Bibette (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia); Medical Research Council (London, United Kingdom); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Griffiths (Strasbourg, France); David Weitz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Darren Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); Keunho Ahn (Lafayette, California); Jerome Bibette (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control, The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalised into the microcapsules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/665099 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 5/0646 (20130101) B01F 5/0647 (20130101) B01F 5/0655 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 13/0076 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/005 (20130101) B01J 2219/0086 (20130101) B01J 2219/00497 (20130101) B01J 2219/00576 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00596 (20130101) B01J 2219/00599 (20130101) B01J 2219/00707 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) B01J 2219/00743 (20130101) B01J 2219/00853 (20130101) B01J 2219/00889 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5025 (20130101) B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/084 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/047 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/06 (20130101) C40B 40/10 (20130101) C40B 50/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2035/1034 (20130101) |
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| US 09839896 | Keidar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Keidar (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexey Shashurin (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for producing graphene includes a discharge assembly and a substrate assembly. The discharge assembly includes a cathode and an anode, which in one embodiment are offset from each other. The anode produces a flux stream that is deposited onto a substrate. A collection device removes the deposited material from the rotating substrate. The flux stream can be a carbon vapor, with the deposited flux being graphene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547747 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/08 (20130101) B01J 19/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/083 (20130101) B01J 2219/0809 (20130101) B01J 2219/0822 (20130101) B01J 2219/0839 (20130101) B01J 2219/0875 (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 31/0446 (20130101) C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/32614 (20130101) H01J 2329/0444 (20130101) |
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| US 09839911 | Weitz 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) | David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to systems and methods for producing droplets. The droplets may contain varying species, e.g., for use as a library. In some cases, at least one droplet is used to create a plurality of droplets, using techniques such as flow-focusing techniques. In one set of embodiments, a plurality of droplets, containing varying species, can be divided to form a collection of droplets containing the various species therein. A collection of droplets, according to certain embodiments, may contain various subpopulations of droplets that all contain the same species therein. Such a collection of droplets may be used as a library in some cases, or may be used for other purposes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/707771 |
| 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 | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/8593 (20150401) |
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| US 09840024 | Zaretski 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) | Aliaksandr Zaretski (San Diego, California); Darren J. Lipomi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are processes for transferring high quality large-area graphene layers (e.g., single-layer graphene) to a flexible substrate based on preferential adhesion of certain thin metallic films to graphene followed by lamination of the metallized graphene layers to a flexible target substrate in a process that is compatible with roll-to-roll manufacturing, providing an environmentally benign and scalable process of transferring graphene to flexible substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/211978 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/008 (20130101) B28B 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (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 14/24 (20130101) C23C 14/30 (20130101) C23C 14/34 (20130101) C23C 16/06 (20130101) C23C 16/26 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) C23C 18/1633 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/54 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/022 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/283 (20130101) H01L 21/02425 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02658 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) |
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| US 09840488 | Berreau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa M Berreau (Logan, Utah); Stacey N. Anderson (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M Berreau (Logan, Utah); Stacey N. Anderson (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to carbon monoxide releasing molecules (“CORMs”), and methods of synthesizing and applying the molecules. More specifically, this disclosure relates to structurally tunable CORMS, compounds containing CORMS (and salts thereof). An exemplary compound includes: |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/007033 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 409/10 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65522 (20130101) |
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| US 09840583 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Zhiwei Xie (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, block copolymers are described herein. A block copolymer described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a first block comprising a polymer or oligomer formed from the reaction product of (i) a polycarboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid equivalent, (ii) a polyol, and (iii) an amino acid; and a second block comprising a polymer or oligomer that differs from the polymer or oligomer of the first block. In some cases, the polycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid equivalent comprises citric acid, a citrate, or an ester of citric acid. The polyol can comprise an α,ω-n-alkane diol, poly(ethylene glycol), or poly(propylene glycol). In some embodiments, the amino acid forms a pendant group of the polymer or oligomer of the first block and/or forms a luminescent 6-membered ring with the polycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid equivalent. The second block of a block copolymer described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a polylactone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903181 |
| 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 9/107 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/914 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/6854 (20130101) |
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| US 09840634 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Sooman Lim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea); C. Daniel Frisbie (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Lorraine F. Francis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Woo Jin Hyun (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene ink compositions as can be utilized with gravure and screen printing processes, to provide flexible electronic components with high-resolution printed graphene circuitry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699822 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal 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 11/033 (20130101) C09D 11/037 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09840782 | Santhanam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kalathur S. V. Santhanam (Pittsford, New York); Satish G. Kandlikar (Rochester, New York); Valentina Mejia (Bridgeport, Connecticut); Yang Yue (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalathur S. V. Santhanam (Pittsford, New York); Satish G. Kandlikar (Rochester, New York); Valentina Mejia (Bridgeport, Connecticut); Yang Yue (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and system for the electrochemical production of graphene, graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, graphene/graphene oxide metal composites, graphene/graphene oxide coated substrates and graphene/graphene oxide metal composite coated substrates in a single step process involving no secondary purifications utilizes an electrochemical cell containing electrodes with variable gaps including a zero gap, containing an anode electrode including graphite, a cathode electrode including electrically conductive material with an electrolyte-free electrochemical bath including water and an organic liquid that produces joule heating along with oxygen embrittlement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800316 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0446 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09841186 | Cho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han-Jae Jeremy Cho (Boston, Massachusetts); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable boiling system includes a fluid having a solvent and an ionic surfactant in the solvent, a counter electrode disposed within the fluid, and a working electrode having a surface in contact with the fluid. The system is configured to apply a voltage between the surface and the counter electrode in order to affect bubble formation in the fluid at the surface. Methods of making and using the system are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/568927 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Combustion Using Only Solid Fuel F23B 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fluid Heaters, e.g Water or Air Heaters, Having Heat Generating Means, in General F24H 1/106 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09841301 | Wei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Wei (West Kingston, Rhode Island); Zhen Chen (Kingstown, Rhode Island); Gerald Hefferman (Warwick, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a sweep velocity-locked laser pulse generator (SV-LLPG) controlled using a digital phase locked loop (DPLL) circuit. The SV-LLPG is utilized for the interrogation of sub-terahertz-range fiber structures for sensing applications that require real-time data collection with mm-level spatial resolution. A laser generates chirped laser pulses via injection current modulation and a DPLL circuit locks the optical frequency sweep velocity. A high-quality linearly chirped laser pulse with a frequency excursion of 117.69 GHz at optical communication bands using a distributed feedback laser is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/417455 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/35329 (20130101) G01D 5/35335 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09841331 | Wood 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) | Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yong-Lae Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carmel S. Majidi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bor-rong Chen (Medford, Massachusetts); Leia Stirling (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Conor James Walsh (Dublin, Ireland); Radhika Nagpal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Diana Young (Boston, Massachusetts); Yigit Menguc (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An elastic strain sensor can be incorporated into an artificial skin that can sense flexing by the underlying support structure of the skin to detect and track motion of the support structure. The uni-directional elastic strain sensor can be formed by filling two or more channels in an elastic substrate material with a conductive liquid. At the ends of the channels, a loop port connects the channels to form a serpentine channel. The channels extend along the direction of strain and the loop portions have sufficiently large cross-sectional area in the direction transverse to the direction of strain that the sensor is unidirectional. The resistance is measured at the ends of the serpentine channel and can be used to determine the strain on the sensor. Additional channels can be added to increase the sensitivity of the sensor. The sensors can be stacked on top of each other to increase the sensitivity of the sensor. In other embodiments, two sensors oriented in different directions can be stacked on top of each other and bonded together to form a bidirectional sensor. A third sensor formed by in the shape of a spiral or concentric rings can be stacked on top and used to sense contact or pressure, forming a three dimensional sensor. The three dimensional sensor can be incorporated into an artificial skin to provide advanced sensing. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/346853 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Characteristic Features of Footwear; Parts of Footwear A43B 13/203 (20130101) A43B 23/029 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/112 (20130101) A61B 5/1036 (20130101) A61B 5/6807 (20130101) A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) A61B 2562/0261 (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 2/105 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 13/08 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 1/2287 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/011 (20130101) G06F 3/014 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasily N Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina At Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasily N Astratov (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Microspheres are sorted by resonant light pressure effects. An evanescent optical field is generated when light is confined within the interior of an optical element such as a surface waveguide, a tapered microfiber, or a prism. Microspheres brought within vicinity of the surface are subjected to forces that result from a coupling of the evanescent field to whispering gallery modes (WGM) in the microspheres. Alternatively, a focused laser beam is directed close to the edge of the microspheres to exert resonant optical forces on microspheres. Alternatively, standing optical waves are excited in the optical element. Optical forces are resonantly enhanced when light frequencies match WGM frequencies in the microspheres. Those microspheres for which resonance is obtained are more affected by the evanescent field than microspheres for which resonance does not occur. Greater forces are applied to resonating microspheres, which are separated from a heterogeneous mixture according to size. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858043 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/3427 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/00 (20130101) G01N 15/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/53 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/00 (20130101) G02B 27/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09841416 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Steven Warren (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated circuits for a single-molecule nucleic-acid assay platform, and methods for making such circuits are disclosed. In one example, a method includes transferring one or more carbon nanotubes to a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and forming a pair of post-processed electrodes on the substrate proximate opposing ends of the one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/509766 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00653 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/48227 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) |
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| US 09842678 | Suzuki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); TDK Corporation (Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); TDK Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takao Suzuki (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Patrick R. Leclair (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Toshiya Hozumi (Northport, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A binary, ternary, quaternary, or quinary Mn—X magnetic material (X represents at least one element selected from Al, Bi, Ga, and Rh) has a thickness of 100 nm or less and exhibits a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constant of 107 erg/cc or higher and a coercive force of 15 kOe or higher in the temperature range of 0° C. or more and 200° C. or less, and a room-temperature saturation magnetization of 400 emu/cc or higher. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/033435 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/185 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 41/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09843262 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Noah Andrew Sturcken (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Power controller includes an output terminal having an output voltage, at least one clock generator to generate a plurality of clock signals and a plurality of hardware phases. Each hardware phase is coupled to the at least one clock generator and the output terminal and includes a comparator. Each hardware phase is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of clock signals and a reference voltage, combine the corresponding clock signal and the reference voltage to produce a reference input, generate a feedback voltage based on the output voltage, compare the reference input and the feedback voltage using the comparator and provide a comparator output to the output terminal, whereby the comparator output determines a duty cycle of the power controller. An integrated circuit including the power controller is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182100 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/06 (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 3/1584 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843275 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Ya Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hulin Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Jin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Qingshen Jing (Atlanta, Georgia); Peng Bai (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia); Ya Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hulin Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Jin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Qingshen Jing (Atlanta, Georgia); Peng Bai (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator includes a first member, a second member and a sliding mechanism. The first member includes a first electrode and a first dielectric layer affixed to the first electrode. The first dielectric layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The second member includes a second material that has a second rating on the triboelectric series that is different from the first rating. The second member includes a second electrode. The second member is disposed adjacent to the first dielectric layer so that the first dielectric layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sliding mechanism is configured to cause relative movement between the first member and the second member, thereby generating an electric potential imbalance between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/338846 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843417 | Sayeed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akbar M. Sayeed (Madison, Wisconsin); John H. Brady (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of estimating a spatial filter matrix is provided. A conjugate of a received first signal defines a conjugate first signal. A Kronecker product of the defined first signal and a received second signal define a differential measurement signal. The computations are repeated for a plurality of first and second signals sufficient to compute an estimate of a channel matrix from the differential measurement signals. A spatial filter matrix is computed from the computed estimate of the channel matrix. The computed spatial filter matrix is used in a data communication phase between the first plurality of antennas and the second plurality of antennas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/619612 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0617 (20130101) H04B 7/0626 (20130101) H04B 7/0697 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0618 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09839635 | Bassaganya-Riera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LANDOS BIOPHARMA, INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LANDOS BIOPHARMA, INC. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josep Bassaganya-Riera (Blacksburg, Virginia); Adria Carbo Barrios (Blacksburg, Virginia); Richard Gandour (Blacksburg, Virginia); Julian D. Cooper (Blacksburg, Virginia); Raquel Hontecillas (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and a chronic inflammatory disease. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/374556 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) |
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| US 09839757 | Galbraith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Separation Design Group IP Holdings, LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, portable oxygen concentrators that operate using an ultra rapid, sub one second, adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials are disclosed. The amount of sieve material utilized is a fraction of that used in conventional portable devices. This dramatically reduces the volume, weight, and cost of the device. Innovations in valve configuration, moisture control, case and battery design, and replaceable sieve module are described. Patients with breathing disorders and others requiring medical oxygen are provided with a long lasting, low cost alternative to existing portable oxygen supply devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/876133 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 16/0003 (20140204) A61M 16/20 (20130101) A61M 16/0063 (20140204) A61M 16/101 (20140204) Original (OR) Class A61M 16/105 (20130101) A61M 16/107 (20140204) A61M 16/0666 (20130101) A61M 16/0672 (20140204) A61M 16/0875 (20130101) A61M 16/1005 (20140204) A61M 2016/1025 (20130101) A61M 2202/0208 (20130101) A61M 2205/02 (20130101) A61M 2205/42 (20130101) A61M 2205/75 (20130101) A61M 2205/3327 (20130101) A61M 2205/3334 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/0415 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/85938 (20150401) |
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| US 09839896 | Keidar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Keidar (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexey Shashurin (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for producing graphene includes a discharge assembly and a substrate assembly. The discharge assembly includes a cathode and an anode, which in one embodiment are offset from each other. The anode produces a flux stream that is deposited onto a substrate. A collection device removes the deposited material from the rotating substrate. The flux stream can be a carbon vapor, with the deposited flux being graphene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547747 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/08 (20130101) B01J 19/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/083 (20130101) B01J 2219/0809 (20130101) B01J 2219/0822 (20130101) B01J 2219/0839 (20130101) B01J 2219/0875 (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 31/0446 (20130101) C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/32614 (20130101) H01J 2329/0444 (20130101) |
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| US 09841263 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS L.L.C. (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for initiating a thermal battery including: releasing an engagement between an element and a striker mass upon an acceleration time and magnitude greater than a first threshold; and moving at least one member into a path of the element to prevent the element from releasing the striker mass only where the acceleration time and magnitude is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828395 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42C 19/00 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 35/14 (20130101) H01H 35/142 (20130101) H01H 35/145 (20130101) |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09840379 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongliang Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Shao C. Yang (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher R. Simpson (Olney, Maryland); James E. Goodbar (Springfield, Virginia); Marina E. Khazanov (Rockville, Maryland); George Coupar (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Features for systems and methods for loading items into a tray are disclosed. The system may have an item conveyor configured to move the items towards a tray conveyor. The tray conveyor may be configured to move trays to receive items from the item conveyor into the tray. One or more sensors may detect the height of the items on the item conveyor and/or in the tray, and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor. A controller may receive data related to the one or more detected heights of the items and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor and correspondingly control movement of the item and/or tray conveyors for efficient loading of items into the tray and efficient movement of the trays for further processing. Tray conveyor movement sensors may detect movement of the trays or tray conveyors for further control or reliability of the system. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/143244 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 65/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65G 2201/0285 (20130101) |
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| US 09840390 | Yang 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) | Dongliang Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland); James E. Goodbar, III (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices and methods for receiving an item in a receptacle are disclosed. Features are disclosed for receiving and guiding an item in a receiving space of a receptacle so as to attenuate or remove the impact force of the item on the receptacle. Some embodiments of the disclosure include a bumper having an impact surface which absorbs most or all of the impact force of the item and thereby mitigates or removes the imposition of cyclic impact loads on the receptacle from repeated receipt of items. The bumper may be structurally and/or functionally de-coupled or otherwise physically separated from the receptacle such that an advantageous division of labor is created between absorbing the impact and receiving the item. This disclosure may be useful, for example, in modern industrial operations where a high volume of items are received daily, such as in mail sorting and handling operations. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357869 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 1/025 (20130101) B07C 3/02 (20130101) B07C 5/00 (20130101) Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 29/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65H 29/46 (20130101) B65H 31/02 (20130101) B65H 31/06 (20130101) B65H 31/08 (20130101) B65H 31/24 (20130101) B65H 39/075 (20130101) B65H 39/115 (20130101) B65H 2301/42146 (20130101) B65H 2301/422548 (20130101) B65H 2403/60 (20130101) B65H 2405/221 (20130101) B65H 2405/3312 (20130101) B65H 2701/1916 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US D804822 | Stratton 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) | Christopher M. Stratton (Springfield, Virginia); Gregory J. Smith (Arlington, Virginia); Thomas C. Potter (Oak Hill, Virginia) |
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| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 29/569120 |
| ART UNIT | 2913 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Travel goods and personal belongings D3/313 |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09842277 | Demarais et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Demarais (Starkville, Mississippi); Bronson K. Strickland (Starkville, Mississippi); Jeremy Flinn (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Demarais (Starkville, Mississippi); Bronson K. Strickland (Starkville, Mississippi); Jeremy Flinn (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The system and method of the invention utilizes computer software to determine an estimation of the age of an animal by measuring, analyzing, comparing, calculating, and presenting age features and the age of animals such as deer, moose, elk, bovids, pronghorns and the like from digital data and/or photographs of the animals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/870337 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/52 (20130101) G06K 9/00362 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/62 (20170101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) |
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| US 09842721 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liang Jie Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Byron Freelon (Chicago, Illinois); Timm Rohwer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuh Gedik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven Glenn Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liang Jie Wong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Byron Freelon (Chicago, Illinois); Timm Rohwer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuh Gedik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven Glenn Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/244569 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/047 (20130101) H01J 2237/063 (20130101) H01J 2237/0473 (20130101) H01J 2237/0475 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09842141 | Chen 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) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Range query techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with data stream processing systems. A technique is provided for incrementally processing continual range queries against moving objects. This technique is applicable for location-aware services and applications. A technique for evaluating one or more continual range queries over one or more moving objects comprises maintaining a query index with one or more containment-encoded virtual constructs associated with the one or more continual range queries over the one or more moving objects, and incrementally evaluating the one or more continual range queries using the query index. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/068042 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30241 (20130101) G06F 17/30312 (20130101) G06F 17/30463 (20130101) G06F 17/30516 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09843134 | Mosholder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gary S. Mosholder (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A cable seal is provided for attachment to a cable connector. The cable seal generally includes a base portion and a breakaway portion. The breakaway includes a tooth which is positioned under the cable release lever to prevent removal of the cable connector from a communications port. If removal of the cable seal is desired, a breakaway portion of the cable seal is permanently detached from the remainder of the cable seal evidencing access to the port has been gained. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/177901 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/627 (20130101) H01R 13/641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 13/6397 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0275 (20130101) H05K 5/0208 (20130101) |
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Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09840544 | Blaber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Blaber (Tallahassee, Florida); Jihun Lee (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a top-down symmetric deconstruction approach which provides a novel alternative means to successfully identify a useful polypeptide “building block” for subsequent “bottom-up” de novo design of target protein architecture. The present invention also pertains to a novel peptides isolated by top-down symmetric deconstruction which may be useful for design or directed evolution of novel proteins with novel functionalities. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/751207 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/00 (20130101) C07K 14/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09840718 | Solodushko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Solodushko (Mobile, Alabama); Brian Fouty (Spanish Fort, Alabama); Vira Bitko (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genetic delivery systems that utilize genetic elements of the piggyBac family transposon system, and methods of introducing nucleic acid into target cells using the genetic delivery systems. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/904625 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1241 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/07 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09840629 | Grunlan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaime C. Grunlan (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes preparing a solution. The solution includes an anionic material, a cationic material, and water. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the solution to produce a coating on the substrate. The coating has cationic material and anionic material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/034732 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 179/02 (20130101) Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases or Vapours D06B 19/0064 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09841448 | Weatherall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Weatherall (Linwood, New Jersey); Jeffrey Barber (Vineland, New Jersey); Barry T. Smith (Egg Harbor City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to a resonant cavity system, more specifically, a resonant system for measuring the dielectric constant of a sample and its method of use. The system and method provide for holding sample materials, which can be in solid, liquid, or powder form, and for reducing the size of the requisite cavity for measurement. The construction incorporates waveguide flange connectors to seal the electromagnetic cavity, which facilitates the measurement of low-loss materials. The design for signal input enables the use of standard calibration techniques and measurement. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/943362 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/2664 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09839718 | Carrion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Carrion (Tampa, Florida); Daniel Roberto Martinez (Tampa, Florida); Eihab Alhammali (Tampa, Florida); Tariq Said Hakky (Riverview, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method for treating penile implant infections that uses a synthetic high-purity calcium sulfate mixed with antimicrobials, which is capable of providing prolonged exposure of antimicrobials to the infection site and capable of acting as an intracorporal filler preventing fibrosis and loss of phallic length. The technique is especially useful for high-risk patients, and provides another medium for which antimicrobial agents can be delivered to a surgical infection site while at the same time acting as a filler, preventing fibrosis, and loss of the space. The antimicrobial cast lasts 4-6 weeks, making timely re-implantation easier, and preventing intracorporal fibrosis and loss of phallic length. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590345 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/26 (20130101) A61F 5/41 (20130101) A61F 2005/411 (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 27/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/406 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09843084 | Sherrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, Inc. (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, INC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Cary, North Carolina); Jean-Marc Rollin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth Vanhille (Cary, North Carolina); Marcus Oliver (Durham, North Carolina); Steven E. Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/222115 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 5/183 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09839922 | Doak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (Munich, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Bruce Doak (Tempe, Arizona); Robert Shoeman (Heidelberg, Germany); Sabine Botha (Heidelberg, Germany); Ilme Schlichting (Munich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for producing an intermittent liquid jet are provided that involve delivering a liquid through a gas dynamic nozzle, which includes an inner tube carrying the liquid, an outer tube carrying a focussing sheath gas, an exit channel and an exit aperture, injecting a stream of the liquid into the exit channel, wherein the liquid is enclosed by the focussing sheath gas in the exit channel, controlling emission of the liquid from the inner tube into the exit channel to produce a periodic, linear intermittent liquid jet including spurts of linear continuous jet sections separated by liquid-free gaps, and output of the intermittent liquid jet through the exit aperture. Furthermore, methods of scattering measurements on samples in a liquid using the method of producing an intermittent liquid jet and an injector device for producing an intermittent liquid jet are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769283 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/02 (20130101) B05B 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 7/045 (20130101) B05B 7/0441 (20130101) B05B 7/0475 (20130101) B05B 12/06 (20130101) B05B 15/0431 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09842646 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miao Hu (Palo Alto, California); Ning Ge (Palo Alto, California); John Paul Strachan (Palo Alto, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an example, a memristor apparatus with variable transmission delay may include a first memristor programmable to have one of a plurality of distinct resistance levels, a second memristor, a transistor connected between the first memristor and the second memristor, and a capacitor having a capacitance, in which the capacitor is connected between the first memristor and the transistor. In addition, application of a reading voltage across the second memristor is delayed by a time period equivalent to the programmed resistance level of the first memristor and the capacitance of the capacitor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/500555 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0004 (20130101) G11C 13/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0038 (20130101) G11C 13/0061 (20130101) G11C 2213/75 (20130101) |
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| US 09842647 | Strachan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Paul Strachan (San Carlos, California); Brent Buchanan (Fort Collins, Colorado); Emmanuelle Merced Grafals (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples include a method of programming resistive random access memory (RRAM) array for analog computations. In some examples, a selected RRAM cell of the RRAM array may be programmed with a selected target conductance and a programmed conductance error of the selected RRAM cell may be determined. A neighboring RRAM cell may be programmed with an error corrected target conductance that is a function of a neighboring target conductance and the programmed conductance error of the selected RRAM cell. The neighboring RRAM cell may be in a same row or a same column as the selected RRAM cell. The selected RRAM cell and neighboring RRAM cell are programmed such that the RRAM array is programmed for an analog computation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/267124 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 29/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09842991 | Nelson 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) | David K. Nelson (Medicine Lake, Minnesota); Keith W. Golke (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A configuration for a carbon nanotube (CNT) based memory device can include multiple CNT elements in order to increase memory cell yield by reducing the times when a memory cell gets stuck at a high state or a low state. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/846677 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/025 (20130101) G11C 23/00 (20130101) G11C 29/814 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2436 (20130101) H01L 45/149 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 12, 2017.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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