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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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| US 09877645 | Hamrah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedram Hamrah (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Reza Dana (Newton, Massachusetts); Bernardo Cavalcanti (Recife, Brazil); Andrea Cruzat (Santiago, Chile) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of evaluating efficacy of a treatment in a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome) and selecting a subject for participation in a clinical study. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome). |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411803 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/101 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1025 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/569 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09877679 | Giuffrida |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a drug delivery system for dosing a subject in response to the increased severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention provides for a system and method, which can accurately quantify symptoms of movements disorders, accurately quantifies symptoms utilizing both kinetic information and electromyography (EMG) data, that can be worn continuously to provide continuous information to be analyzed as needed by the clinician, that can provide analysis in real-time, that allows for home monitoring of symptoms in subject's with these movement disorders to capture the complex fluctuation patterns of the disease over the course of days, weeks or months, that maximizes subject safety, and that provides remote access to the clinician or physician. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/014533 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/1101 (20130101) A61B 5/4082 (20130101) A61B 5/4839 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) |
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| US 09877680 | Giuffrida et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio); Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Thomas O Mera (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio); Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Thomas O Mera (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a treatment delivery system for treating a subject in response to changes in the severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention further provides for a system and method, which can accurately quantify symptoms of movement disorders, utilizing continuously obtained kinetic information to be analyzed, accurately distinguishing between symptoms of movement disorders and activities of daily living, relating quantified symptoms to a standard clinical rating scale, and correlating a subject's symptoms with certain physiological and environmental factors. The present invention still further provides for home monitoring of symptoms in subjects with these movement disorders in order to capture the complex fluctuation patterns of the disease over the course of days, weeks, months, or years. |
| FILED | Monday, February 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/043779 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/1101 (20130101) A61B 5/4082 (20130101) A61B 5/4839 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6824 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 1/36139 (20130101) A61N 1/37282 (20130101) |
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| US 09877768 | Curley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts); Fredrick J. Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for efficiently and reproducibly heating fluid for use in fluid enhanced ablation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ablation device is provided having an elongate body, at least one wire extending through an inner lumen of the elongate body, and at least one spacer disposed within the inner lumen. The at least one wire extends through the at least one spacer such that the at least one spacer is effective to maintain an adjacent portion of the at least one wire in a substantially fixed geometric relationship with the inner lumen, thereby preventing electrical shorts and providing for the consistent and uniform heating of fluid flowing through the inner lumen of the elongate body. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/826549 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/082 (20130101) A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2017/00526 (20130101) A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/046 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00773 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00797 (20130101) A61B 2018/00809 (20130101) A61B 2018/00821 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2270/041 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) Y10T 29/49085 (20150115) |
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| US 09877770 | Wong 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) | Brian Jet-Fei Wong (Irvine, California); Michael G. Hill (Pasadena, California); Dmitry E. Protsenko (Irvine, California); Bryan Hunter (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of electrochemistry to control and generate specific user defined chemical reactions in regions that may be defined by electrode placement and geometry. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of shape changing cartilage in a subject through potential-driven electrochemical modification of tissue (PDEMT) or use of a potential-driven electromechanical (EMR) device. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280524 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/02 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2018/00565 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 09877783 | van der Weide et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NeuWave Medical, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEUWAVE MEDICAL, INC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Warren van der Weide (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul F. Laeseke (Menlo Park, California); Fred T. Lee, Jr. (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Lee Brace (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/395959 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/71 (20160201) A61B 90/98 (20160201) A61B 2017/00084 (20130101) A61B 2017/00199 (20130101) A61B 2018/00017 (20130101) A61B 2018/00023 (20130101) A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/00077 (20130101) A61B 2018/00172 (20130101) A61B 2018/00178 (20130101) A61B 2018/00279 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00488 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00595 (20130101) A61B 2018/00601 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00702 (20130101) A61B 2018/00714 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00982 (20130101) A61B 2018/1823 (20130101) A61B 2018/1838 (20130101) A61B 2018/1869 (20130101) A61B 2090/378 (20160201) A61B 2090/0807 (20160201) A61B 2090/3762 (20160201) |
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| US 09877937 | Hammer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Millendo Therapeutics, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Millendo Therapeutics, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Hammer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tom Kerppola (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Raili Kerppola (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of disorders associated with aberrant adrenal cortex cell behavior, including (but not limited to) treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), Cushing's syndrome and/or pituitary ACTH excess (Cushing's Disease). Such methods involve administration of an effective amount N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethyl amino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)-methyl)urea hydrochloride to the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/170682 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/03 (20130101) A61K 31/03 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09877949 | Samuel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Temesgen Samuel (Tuskegee, Alabama); Teshome Yehualaeshet (Tuskegee, Alabama); Tesfaye Serbessa (Elizabeth City, North Carolina); Khalda Fadlalla (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and killing cancer cells are disclosed. Such methods comprise treating cancer cells with an indole compound having the structure of formula (I): wherein R is defined herein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/568730 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09877981 | Sinclair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited (Sydney, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited (Sydney, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Sinclair (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ana P. Gomes (New York, New York); Lindsay Wu (Coogee, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for the treatment of age-related diseases, mitochondrial diseases, the improvement of stress resistance, the improvement of resistance to hypoxia and the extension of life span. Also described herein are methods for the identification of agents useful in the foregoing methods. Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. The invention relates to methods for treatment and prevention of cancer by administering agents that increase levels of NAD+, such as NAD+ precursors or agents involved in NAD+ biosynthesis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/434573 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/035 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/02012 (20130101) C12Y 207/07001 (20130101) |
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| US 09878005 | Johns et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Johns (Reisterstown, Maryland); Xingwu Teng (Baltimore, Maryland); Dechun Li (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-1 or angiotensin II. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/273757 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/20 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5061 (20130101) |
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| US 09878006 | Chandy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Kineta One, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); KINETA ONE, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. George Chandy (Laguna Beach, California); Sanjeev Kumar Upadhayay (Irvine, California); Ping H. Wang (Newport Coast, California); Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Laguna Beach, California); Kristin Lynn Eckel-Mahan (Irvine, California); Shawn Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Jogesh Mukherjee (Irvine, California); M. Reza Mirbolooki (Orange, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Activation of brown adipose tissue, treatment of obesity and/or treatment of obesity-related disorders in human or non-human animal subjects by administering to the subject a potassium channel inhibiting agent. The potassium channel inhibiting agent may comprise ShK toxin or a modified ShK toxin. Examples of modified ShK toxins include ShK-186. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/049353 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1767 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09878007 | Rapraeger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Rapraeger (Stoughton, Wisconsin); Oisun Jung (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides derived from amino acid residues 210 to 240 of human syndecan 1 and methods of use of such peptides are described. These peptides can inhibit activation of α4β1 integrin (also known as very late antigen-4, VLA-4), and can inhibit engagement of VLA-4 with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2), thereby preventing tumor cell growth and tissue invasion. |
| FILED | Monday, February 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/043951 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/177 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09878010 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiandie Lin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Guoxiao Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating metabolic and/or lipid disorders are provided comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of Nrg4, an Nrg4 variant, or a biologically active fragment thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/778379 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/475 (20130101) G01N 2800/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/042 (20130101) G01N 2800/044 (20130101) |
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| US 09878013 | Debinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waldemar Debinski (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Hetal Pandya (Wintson-Salem, North Carolina); Denise Mazess Herpai (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A targeting peptide that specifically binds to an IL13 receptor (e.g., wherein said targeting peptide is not an IL13 fragment) is described. The targeting peptide is optionally conjugated to at least one effector molecule. In some embodiments, the peptide specifically binds to the IL13Rα2 protein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/045557 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48261 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/5437 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09878024 | Dubensky, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ADURO BIOTECH, INC. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADURO BIOTECH, INC. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr. (Berkeley, California); Dirk G. Brockstedt (Richmond, California); Meredith Lai Ling Leong (Oakland, California); Keith S. Bahjat (Concord, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are prime-boost regimens and materials used therein. The prime-boost regimens enhance the immune response to a target antigen. The vaccines used for boost are comprised of recombinant attenuated metabolically active Listeria that encodes an expressible antigen that is cross-reactive with the target antigen. In some examples, the immune response is a cellular immune response. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/952281 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/521 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/022 (20130101) C12N 2799/023 (20130101) |
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| US 09878026 | Eappen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SANARIA INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANARIA INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham G. Eappen (Ellicott City, Maryland); Stephen L. Hoffman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The application is directed to in-vitro-reared Plasmodium sporozoites of human host range wherein sporogony from gametocyte stage to sporozoite stage is external to mosquitoes, and methods of producing the same. Provided herein are in vitro-reared infectious Plasmodium sporozoites (SPZ) of human host range, particularly P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi, wherein sporogony from gametocyte stage to sporozoite stage is external to mosquitoes, and methods of producing the same. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/095360 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09878032 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Cox (Rochester, New York); Stephen Dewhurst (Rochester, New York); John Treanor (Fairport, New York); Baek Kim (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are attenuated influenza viruses and methods of making attenuated influenza viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/905320 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 7/04 (20130101) C12N 9/127 (20130101) C12N 2760/00051 (20130101) C12N 2760/00062 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2760/16171 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/07048 (20130101) |
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| US 09878033 | BenMohamed 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) | Lbachir BenMohamed (Irvine, California); Anthony Nesburn (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention provide immunogenic compositions that comprise one or more peptides having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of NLLTTPKFT and RMLGDVMAV and methods for administering such compositions to a mammal and thereby inducing in the mammal a CD8+ T cell-dependent protective immunity against an HSV-1 infection, an HSV-2 infection, an HSV-1 condition, an HSV-2 condition, or combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/493070 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 09878045 | Distefano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Distefano (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Mohammad Rashidian (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to triorthogonal reagents useful for site-specifically modifying a protein with two orthogonal groups that can be subsequently functionalized in a single one-pot procedure. This approach relies on the selective tagging of proteins containing an appended farnesyltransferase or geranylgeranyltransferase I substrate sequence. The incorporation of a bifunctional ethynyl-hydroxybenzaldehyde into the farnesyl or geranylgeranyl group facilitates the facile labeling of proteins with two different moieties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/029599 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/55 (20170801) A61K 47/62 (20170801) A61K 47/481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/098 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09878050 | Rana |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tariq M. Rana (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions and methods for delivery of therapeutic agents, such as chemically stabilized antisense oligonucleotides useful in RNA silencing. The compositions include interfering nanoparticles (iNOPs) associated with one or more agents. Several functional iNOP derivatives are provided which allow for targeted delivery of agents to specific cell types as well as exhibiting reduced cellular toxicity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/374679 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48046 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) |
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| US 09878054 | Kuliopulos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tufts Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to pharmaceutical formulations for polypeptide and lipophilic moiety conjugates suitable for injection into humans and other animals and methods of preparation. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to a method of preparing the formulation comprising lyophilizing, solubilizing in ammonium acetate, filtering to create mono-disperse particles, re-lyophilizing, and solubilizing the micelles in a dextrose solution for injection. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/403187 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) A61K 47/488 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48038 (20130101) A61K 47/48046 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09878058 | Iadonato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kineta One, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kv1.3 Therapeutics, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Eric J. Tarcha (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions having the sequence Arg-Ser-Cys-Ile-Asp-Thr-Ile-Pro-Lys-Ser-Arg-Cys-Thr-Ala-Phe-Gln-Cys-Lys-His-Ser-Xaa-Lys-Tyr-Arg-Leu-Ser-Phe-Cys-Arg-Lys-Thr-Cys-Gly-Thr-Cys (SEQ ID NO:1). The disclosed compositions can include an acid or amide at the C-terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 and the polypeptide can be attached to an organic or inorganic chemical entity that has an anionic charge. The polypeptide can be detectably labeled for diagnostic purposes. Methods of manufacturing and using the pharmaceutical compounds are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/836700 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/1767 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/088 (20130101) A61K 51/0482 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/12 (20130101) B01L 9/00 (20130101) B01L 99/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/43504 (20130101) |
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| US 09878087 | Richardson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Scott Richardson (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Barry N. Gellman (North Easton, Massachusetts); Andrew Koert (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kurt Dasse (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Scott Richardson (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Barry N. Gellman (North Easton, Massachusetts); Andrew Koert (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kurt Dasse (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a pump-inflow-cannula (1) providing a blood conduit from a heart (2) and/or from an associated vessel to an external blood handling system. The pump-inflow-cannula comprises a body (3), encompassing an essentially axially extending inflow-lumen (4), having a distal-end (5) for an attachment of the inflow-lumen (4) to the blood handling system, and having a proximal-end (6) for an introduction of blood from the heart (2) and/or from the associated vessel into the inflow-lumen (4), wherein at least one projection (7) is provided at the proximal-end (6) to deflect a heart muscle from intruding into the inflow-lumen (4), wherein the body (3) of the pump-inflow-cannula comprises a reinforcement-means (8). The invention is also related to a pump-outflow-cannula (19) and to a blood managing system comprising a pump-inflow-cannula and a pump-outflow-cannula in accordance with the present invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349462 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| 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 1/10 (20130101) A61M 1/12 (20130101) A61M 1/122 (20140204) A61M 1/1006 (20140204) A61M 1/1008 (20140204) A61M 1/3653 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3659 (20140204) A61M 1/3666 (20130101) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 70/00 (20141201) B33Y 80/00 (20141201) |
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| US 09878154 | Tai |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Changfeng Tai (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changfeng Tai (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and devices useful for inhibiting or treating urological conditions, such as overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms including bladder overactivity, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis (IC), urinary retention, and pelvic pain; gastrointestinal conditions, such as fecal incontinence, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and constipation; and sexual conditions, such as premature ejaculation, erectile disorder, and female sexual arousal disorder by non-invasive transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the foot. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/497343 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36014 (20130101) |
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| US 09878996 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois); Paramita Mukherjee (Evanston, Illinois); Hien M. Nguyen (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Imidazolyl-pyrimidine and related compounds, as can utilize heme-iron coordination in the selective inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/602833 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/506 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09878999 | Lawrence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harshani R. Lawrence (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Sevil Ozcan (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Focused library synthesis and medicinal chemistry on an oxadiazole-isopropylamide core proteasome inhibitor provided the lead compound that strongly inhibits CT-L activity. Structure activity relationship studies indicate the amide moiety and two phenyl rings are sensitive toward synthetic modifications. Only para-substitution in the A-ring was important to maintain potent CT-L inhibitory activity. Hydrophobic residues in the A-ring's para-position and meta-pyridyl group at the B-ring significantly improved inhibition. The meta-pyridyl moiety improved cell permeability. The length of the aliphatic chain at the para position of the A-ring is critical with propyl yielding the most potent inhibitor, whereas shorter (i.e. ethyl, methyl or hydrogen) or longer (i.e. butyl, propyl and hexyl) chains demonstrating progressively less potency. Introduction of a stereogenic center next to the ether moiety (i.e. substitution of one of the hydrogens by methyl) demonstrated chiral discrimination in proteasome CT-L activity inhibition (the S-enantiomer was 35-40 fold more potent than the R-enantiomer). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035453 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 271/04 (20130101) C07D 271/06 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879003 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Priscilla Yang (Boston, Massachusetts); Qingsong Liu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mélissanne de Wispelaere (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel antiviral compounds of Formulae (I)-(III) are provided: (I) (II) (III) The inventive compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and kits including the inventive compounds are useful for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases caused by viruses, for example, by Flaviviridae virus (e.g., Dengue virus (DENY)), Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), poliovirus, Junin virus, Ebola virus, Marburg virus (MARV), Lassa fever virus (LASV), Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), or Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV). |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391638 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09879012 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher J. Kloxin (Newark, Germany); Weixian Xi (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Click nucleic acid monomers and polymers containing such monomers are disclosed. The click nucleic acid monomers include an optionally protected thiol moiety, an optionally protected thiol-click acceptor moiety, and an optionally protected nucleobase (NB), which in some examples is an A, G, T, U, or C nucleobase. In some examples, the click nucleic acid monomer includes a N-vinyl thiol acetamide (VTA) backbone. In other examples the click nucleic acid monomer includes a N-vinyl thiol ethylamine (VTE) backbone. Methods of using such polymers, for example in place of naturally occurring nucleic acid polymer applications, such as DNA or RNA, and synthetic nucleic acid polymer applications, such as PNA or morpholino nucleic acids, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388748 |
| 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 | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09879020 | Stafford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Stafford (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); James M. Cook (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Alexander E. Arnold (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Charles W. Emala (Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey); George Gallos (Tenafly, New Jersey); Michael Rajesh Stephen (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods of treating inflammation and airway constriction using GABAergic compounds with reduced benzo-diazepine-like CNS activity are provided. Novel compounds which selectively target alpha-4 and alpha-5 GABAA receptors and methods of using those compounds to treat bronchoconstriction and inflammation are provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/429808 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879049 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to glycopeptide antibiotics and their aglycones that are engineered to overcome bacterial resistance by replacement of a single, specific peptide carboxamide group in the core peptide of the glycopeptide antibiotic with an amidine group. The amidine pseudopeptide analog of the glycopeptide is effective in killing vancomycin-resistant bacteria at therapeutically achievable concentrations in a patient. For example, a [Ψ[C(═NH)NH]Tpg4]-vancomycin aglycon designed to exhibit the dual binding to D-Ala-D-Ala and D-Ala-D-Lac needed to reinstate activity against vancomycin-resistant bacteria has been shown to overcome a common mode of bacterial resistance to the “last resort” antibiotics of the glycopeptide class. The pseudopeptide amidine analogs can be prepared from corresponding pseudopeptide thioamide analogs, which can be prepared synthetically, semi-synthetically, or biosynthetically. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/236876 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 9/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879050 | Lee et al. |
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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) | Richard E. Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Ying Zhao (Memphis, Tennessee); Elizabeth Griffith (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhong Zheng (Irvine, California); Aman P. Singh (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted urea depsipeptide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as activators the ClpP endopeptidease; synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating infectious disease using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/914449 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/15 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/50 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21 (20130101) |
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| US 09879065 | Robbins 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) | Paul F. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Xin Yao (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated or purified T-cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for MHC Class II-restricted MAGE-A3. The invention further provides related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells. Further provided by the invention are antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a host and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are further provided by the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/427671 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70514 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/7051 (20130101) |
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| US 09879068 | Diskin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ron Diskin (Pasadena, California); Anthony P. West (Pasadena, California); Michel C. Nussenzweig (New York, New York); Pamela J. Bjorkman (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions and methods for anti-HIV (anti-CD4 binding site) broadly neutralizing antibodies having improved potency and breadth for neutralizing a range of HIV strains. Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies can also improve potency over a single antibody composition. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924469 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) |
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| US 09879078 | Hotamisligil 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) | Gokhan S. Hotamisligil (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Haiming Cao (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing a symptom of a clinical disorder characterized by aberrantly elevated circulating aP2 is carried out by administering to a subject an inhibitor of secreted aP2, secretion of aP2, or a serum aP2 blocking agent. For example, glucose intolerance is reduced following administration of such an inhibitor or agent. Exemplary compositions inhibit cellular secretion of aP2 or bind to circulating aP2, thereby reducing the level or activity of aP2 in blood or serum. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/093508 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09879087 | DeSander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siamab Therapeutics, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIAMAB THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie DeSander (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Behrens (Newton, Massachusetts); Alexey Alexandrovich Lugovskoy (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides glycan-interacting antibodies and methods for producing glycan-interacting antibodies useful in the treatment and prevention of human disease, including cancer. Such glycan-interacting antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, derivatives, and fragments thereof as well as compositions and kits comprising them. Further provided are methods of using glycan-interacting antibodies to target cells and treat disease. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/987432 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39591 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 47/12 (20130101) A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48746 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) |
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| US 09879231 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. 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) | Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda S. Wyatt (Rockville, Maryland); Patricia L. Earl (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus containing restructured sites useful for the integration of heterologous nucleic acid sequences into an intergenic region (IGR) of the virus genome, where the IGR is located between two adjacent, essential open reading frames (ORFs) of the vaccinia virus genome, wherein the adjacent essential ORFs are non-adjacent in a parental MVA virus used to construct the recombinant MVA virus, and to related nucleic acid constructs useful for inserting heterologous DNA into the genome of a vaccinia virus, and further to the use of the disclosed viruses as a medicine or vaccine. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/837382 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/285 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (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) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8636 (20130101) C12N 2710/24121 (20130101) C12N 2710/24133 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2710/24152 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) |
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| US 09879232 | Yeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Gu Yeo (Seoul, South Korea); Ho Sun Son (Daejeon, South Korea); June Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Seung Bin Cha (Seoul, South Korea); Sun Hwa Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Kwi Sung Park (Daejeon, South Korea); Sang Won Lee (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The attenuated vaccinia virus strain KVAC103 was obtained by subculturing a vaccinia virus strain 103 times in VERO cells. The attenuated vaccinia virus strain KVAC103 has significantly low toxicity, shows reduced skin lesions, and, at the same time, induces effectively immune responses to poxvirus. Thus, it can be used as a poxvirus vaccine while causing less side effects. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/883757 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (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 2710/24121 (20130101) C12N 2710/24134 (20130101) C12N 2710/24164 (20130101) |
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| US 09879240 | Zhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Guo Zhan (Lexington, Kentucky); Fang Zheng (Lexington, Kentucky); Lei Fang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The Bacterial cocaine esterase (CocE) mutants disclosed herein each have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine, as compared to CocE mutants in the prior art, including CocE mutant E172-173. The presently-disclosed subject matter further includes a pharmaceutical composition including a mutant of bacterial cocaine hydrolase, as described herein, and a suitable pharmaceutical carrier. The presently-disclosed subject matter further includes a method of treating a cocaine-induced condition comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of a mutant of bacterial cocaine hydrolase variant, as disclosed herein, to accelerate cocaine metabolism and produce biologically inactive metabolites. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/924181 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/465 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 301/01084 (20130101) |
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| US 09879254 | Saydam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPTIAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Okay Saydam (Vienna, Austria); Mehmet Fatih Bolukbasi (Worcester, Massachusetts); Arda Mizrak (San Francisco, California); Xandra O. Breakefield (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a first nucleic acid sequence 5′-ACCCTGCCGCCTGGACTCCGCCTGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 22), or a functional variant thereof, operably linked to a second, heterologous nucleic acid sequence. The isolated nucleic acid molecule can be DNA (in an expression vector) and RNA (mRNA, shRNA, orncRNA). Also disclosed is a microvesicle comprising the nucleic acid molecule and a microvesicle preparation comprising the microvesicle. Also disclosed is an in vitro method of producing a microvesicle preparation enriched for a specific RNA sequence by transfecting cells with the nucleic acid sequence, and isolating microvesicles generated therefrom. Methods of delivering therapeutic RNA to a subject are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372640 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09879257 | Lindquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Foster City, California); Anil Cashikar (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genes that, when overexpressed in cells expressing alpha-synuclein, either suppress or enhance alpha-synuclein mediated cellular toxicity. Compounds that modulate expression of these genes or activity of the encoded proteins can be used to inhibit alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity and used to treat or prevent synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. Also disclosed are methods of identifying inhibitors of alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/666517 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1086 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09879260 | Wan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yihong Wan (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of miR-34a and agonists thereof in the treatment of bone loss diseases is described. Such conditions include osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other bone wasting diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/913005 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09879281 | Son et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ho Sun Son (Daejeon, South Korea); Sang Gu Yeo (Seoul, South Korea); Sang Won Lee (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a novel recombinant virus vector derived from the attenuated vaccinia virus strain KVAC103. The recombinant virus vector is obtained by inserting an exogenous gene into the KVAC103 and may be used as a safe vaccine delivery vehicle in mammals. Particularly, recombinant viruses obtained by rescuing some of the genes deleted from the parent virus have an enhanced ability to proliferate in cells being cultured, and thus are easily produced. In addition, the recombinant viruses express an increased level of an exogenous antigen, and thus has enhanced immunogenic efficacy. Such recombinant virus vectors may be used in vaccines for preventing diseases, therapeutic vaccines, and molecular biological studies. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/883752 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/24121 (20130101) C12N 2710/24134 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) |
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| US 09879301 | Krueger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immunetics, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IMMUNETICS, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil X. Krueger (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Andrew Han (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew E. Levin (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Victor Kovalenko (Saco, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a colorimetric method for detecting bacterial or fungal pathogens by detecting peptidoglycan or (1-3)-β-D-glucan in a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872808 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/04 (20130101) C12Q 1/22 (20130101) C12Q 1/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2304/20 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/25 (20130101) G01N 21/255 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/195 (20130101) G01N 2333/43552 (20130101) G01N 2333/90245 (20130101) G01N 2400/24 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09879313 | Chee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Chee (San Diego, California); David A. Routenberg (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays, including assays to determine a spatial pattern of abundance, expression, and/or activity of one or more biological targets across multiple sites in a sample. In particular, the biological targets comprise proteins, and the methods and assay systems do not depend on imaging techniques for the spatial information of the targets. The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in order to address tag the sites to which reagents are delivered; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/900604 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (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 1/6809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 2565/513 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) |
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| US 09879317 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Johnson (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid M. Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Jonathan T. Lipscomb (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Johnson (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Walid M. Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Jonathan T. Lipscomb (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions including primers and probes, which are capable of interacting with the disclosed nucleic acids, such as the nucleic acids encoding the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV as disclosed herein. Thus, provided is an oligonucleotide comprising any one of the nucleotide sequences set for in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Also provided are the oligonucleotides consisting of the nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Each of the disclosed oligonucleotides is a probe or a primer. Also provided are mixtures of primers and probes and for use in RT-PCR and primary PCR reactions disclosed herein. Provided are methods for the specific detection of several mutations in HIV simultaneously or sequentially. Mutations in the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV can be detected using the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985499 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09879318 | Vilfan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Vilfan (East Palo Alto, California); Stephen Turner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for supplying high throughput nucleic acid sequencing systems with templates. The methods circumvent the need for costly, labor-intensive cloning and cell culture methods and can be scaled to accommodate template production for a variety of sequencing applications, e.g., sequencing individuals' genomes, sequencing subpopulations of transcripts from a gene of interest, and/or gene expression profiling. Particularly preferred embodiments of the methods vastly improve the preparation of cDNA from mRNA samples, e.g., by randomizing errors introduced during the process, thereby allowing these errors to be readily distinguished from true variants present in the mRNA samples. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/477472 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1096 (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 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09879322 | Gleeson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph G. Gleeson (San Diego, California); Jennifer Silhavy (San Diego, California); Enza Maria Valente (Rome, Italy); Francesco Brancati (Rome, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | In alternative embodiments, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences that are genetic polymorphic variations of the human TMEM216 gene, and TMEM216 polypeptide encoded by these variant alleles. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods of determining or predicting a predisposition to, or the presence of, a ciliopathy (or any genetic disorder of a cellular cilia or cilia anchoring structure, basal body or ciliary function) in an individual, such as a Joubert Syndrome (JS), a Joubert Syndrome Related Disorder (JSRD) or a Meckel Syndrome (MKS). In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for the identification of genetic polymorphic variations in the human TMEM216 gene, and methods of using the identified genetic polymorphisms and the proteins they encode, e.g., to screen for compounds that can modulate the human TMEM216 gene product, and possibly treat JS, JSRD or MKS. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides cells, cell lines and/or non-human transgenic animals that can be used as screening or model systems for studying ciliopathies and testing various therapeutic approaches in treating ciliopathies, e.g., JS, JSRD or MKS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079397 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/05 (20130101) A01K 2217/054 (20130101) A01K 2227/40 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (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) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/28 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/105831 (20150115) |
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| US 09879324 | Kidd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | La Creis Renee Kidd (Louisville, Kentucky); Kevin Sean Kimbro (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Fondation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); North Carolina Central University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | La Creis Renee Kidd (Louisville, Kentucky); Kevin Sean Kimbro (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods of determining if a subject has a genetic predisposition to developing prostate cancer (PCa) or aggressive PCa, or to developing breast cancer (BrCa). |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009197 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09880088 | Fernandez 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) | Julio M. Fernandez (New York, New York); Raul Perez-Jimenez (New York, New York); Pallav Kosuri (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter relates to a force-clamp spectrometer that enables operation in constant force mode and allows for automated data acquisition and analysis, using feedback electronics and software. The disclosed subject matter also relates to methods of using the force-clamp spectrometer for the measurement of the dynamics of chemical reactions. The methods may include, but are not limited to, the measurement of the dynamics of substrate folding and unfolding, as well as bond cleavage and bond formation. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741208 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 19/04 (20130101) G01N 21/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/022 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09880118 | Meaney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul M. Meaney (Hanover, New Hampshire); Tina Zhou (Shenzhen, China PRC); Andrea Borsic (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Alexander T. Farkas (North Chatham, Massachusetts); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Meaney (Hanover, New Hampshire); Tina Zhou (Shenzhen, China PRC); Andrea Borsic (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Alexander T. Farkas (North Chatham, Massachusetts); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe sensor has a printed circuit comprising a coplanar transmission line, a ground plane, a plated-through contact via, and a part-circular ring of ground vias surrounding the contact via. The coplanar transmission line and ground plane are formed on a first layer of the printed circuit, and the contact via and part-circular ring of ground vias are plated with a conductive biocompatible material on a second layer of the printed circuit. A system uses a network analyzer with the probe to measure electrical properties of biological tissue. Also described is a method of using the system to determine qualities of stored blood. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117368 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/221 (20130101) G01N 33/49 (20130101) G01N 33/4833 (20130101) G01N 2333/435 (20130101) |
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| US 09880167 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Lexington, Massachusetts); Luke Nathaniel Robinson (Quincy, Massachusetts); Kannan Tharakaraman (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other things, antibody agents (e.g., antibodies, and/or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to DV epitopes, as well as compositions containing them and methods of designing, providing, formulating, using, identifying and/or characterizing them. In some embodiments, provided antibody agents show significant binding to a plurality of DV serotypes. In some embodiments, provided antibody agents show significant binding to all four DV serotypes. Such antibody agents are useful, for example, in the prophylaxis, treatment, diagnosis, and/or study of DV. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/291199 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1081 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/185 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09880169 | Garraway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Levi A. Garraway (Newton, Massachusetts); Caroline Emery (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nikhil Wagle (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Levi A. Garraway (Newton, Massachusetts); Caroline Emery (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nikhil Wagle (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids and proteins having a mutant MEK sequence, and methods concerning identification of patients having resistance to treatment with anti-cancer agents, specifically inhibitors of RAF or MEK are provided. Methods of treatment and for optimizing treatment for patients having a mutation in a MEK1 sequence are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/011003 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (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 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/12002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09880173 | Brenowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC (Bronx, New York); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Brenowitz (Chappaqua, New York); Matt Law (Irvine, California); Michelle Khine (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are hydroxyl radial generating devices, comprising: a substrate layer; and a pyrite layer configured to produce hydroxyl radicals. Another aspect relates to a method for producing a hydroxyl radical generating device, comprising: providing a polymeric substrate layer; placing a layer of pyrite on a surface of the polymeric substrate layer to form a multi-layer structure; and applying heat to the multi-layer structure such that at least the surface of the polymeric substrate layer contracts; wherein the layer of pyrite contracts to a lesser extent than the surface of the polymeric substrate layer providing a textured surface comprising the pyrite layer. Also disclosed is a method of analysis, comprising: placing a solution comprising a biological substance on a sample site of a hydroxyl generating device comprising a surface of pyrite; incubating the solution; and analyzing a sample including proteolytic fragments of the biological substance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/980408 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880175 | Mitra |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robi D. Mitra (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for identifying one or more proteins or polypeptides comprised by a sample. The methods comprise determining binding of each polypeptide with respect to each binding pool of a plurality of binding pools, wherein each binding pool comprises one or more probes which bind a structure comprised by a protein or polypeptide. In some aspects, polypeptides can be denatured and separated into individual polypeptide strands and immobilized on a solid support prior to determining binding of the binding pools. A protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand can be identified by searching, in at least one database, for a protein or polypeptide sequence comprising binding pool targets either identical to or most similar to the binding pool targets comprised by the protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand to be identified. Kits for identifying proteins, polypeptides and polypeptide strands are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/390331 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/6845 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880179 | Ring 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) | Aaron Michael Ring (Palo Alto, California); Aashish Manglik (Menlo Park, California); Andrew Kruse (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are several methods for selecting agents that bind to transmembrane receptors in a conformationally-selective way. In some embodiments, the method may comprise producing: a transmembrane receptor in an active conformation; and said transmembrane receptor in an inactive conformation and using cell sorting to select, from a population of cells comprising a library of cell surface-tethered extracellular capture agents, cells that are specifically bound to either the transmembrane receptor in its active conformation or the transmembrane receptor in its inactive conformation, but not both. In other embodiments, the method may comprise: contacting a GPCR with a population of cells that comprise a library of surface-tethered extracellular proteins; labeling the cell population with a conformationally-specific binding agent, e.g., a G-protein or mimetic thereof; and using cell sorting to select from the cell population cells that bind to the agent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/761911 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/70571 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) G01N 2570/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09880243 | Corum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Ryan Chamberlain (Maplewood, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Ryan Chamberlain (Maplewood, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes applying a pulse train to a spin system in a scanner. The pulse train has a plurality of discontinuities in a time domain. The method includes receiving a response from the spin system. The response corresponds to a gated signal. The method includes accessing a correction factor corresponding to the scanner. The method includes calculating a correction to the response based on the correction factor. The method includes generating an output based on the correction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527283 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880246 | Haldar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin P. Haldar (Los Angeles, California); Richard M. Leahy (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin P. Haldar (Los Angeles, California); Richard M. Leahy (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Samples of a Fourier transform of a signal may be received that are distributed in a generally spherically-shaped pattern on a surface of at least one sphere. The samples may be assembled to form a profile function having a domain that is a surface of at least one sphere. Information indicative of at least one property of the signal may be determined by applying a spherical linear transform to the profile function. The spherical linear transform may use more than just an equator of the profile function for each of multiple orientations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/166712 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56341 (20130101) |
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| US 09880296 | Antonuk |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry E. Antonuk (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation sensor includes a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/213390 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/241 (20130101) G01T 1/2018 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1462 (20130101) H01L 27/14612 (20130101) H01L 27/14632 (20130101) H01L 27/14636 (20130101) H01L 27/14658 (20130101) H01L 27/14663 (20130101) H01L 27/14687 (20130101) H01L 27/14689 (20130101) H01L 31/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09880301 | Schulte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhard W. Schulte (Grand Terrace, California); R. Ford Hurley (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies related to calibration of an ion based imaging apparatus such as a proton computed tomography scanner. In some implementations, energy degrader plates having known water-equivalent thickness (WET) values can be introduced to an ion beam to introduce different energy degradation settings. Energy detector responses to individual ions subject to such energy degradation settings can be obtained. Such responses can be normalized and correlated to water-equivalent path lengths (WEPL) of the ions based on the known WET values. Such calibration utilizing degrader plates can be performed relatively quickly and can yield accurate WEPL values that facilitate estimation of, for example, a CT image based on relative stopping power of an object. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056694 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/035 (20130101) A61B 6/548 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/585 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) G01N 23/046 (20130101) G01N 35/00693 (20130101) G01N 2223/107 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/169 (20130101) G01T 1/2985 (20130101) G01T 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09881355 | Piestun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver, Colorado); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Piestun (Boulder, Colorado); Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani (Pasadena, California); Michael A. Thompson (Orange, California); Julie S. Biteen (Menlo Park, California); William E. Moerner (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention can resolve molecules beyond the optical diffraction limit in three dimensions. A double-helix point spread function can be used to in conjunction with a microscope to provide dual-lobed images of a molecule. Based on the rotation of the dual-lobed image, the axial position of the molecule can be estimated or determined. In some embodiments, the angular rotation of the dual-lobed imaged can be determined using a centroid fit calculation or by finding the midpoints of the centers of the two lobes. Regardless of the technique, the correspondence between the rotation and axial position can be utilized. A double-helix point spread function can also be used to determine the lateral positions of molecules and hence their three-dimensional location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179546 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6456 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/0076 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/12 (20170101) G06T 2207/10064 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudeep Sarkar (Tampa, Florida); Ravichandran Subramanian (Tampa, Florida); Miguel A. Labrador (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudeep Sarkar (Tampa, Florida); Ravichandran Subramanian (Tampa, Florida); Miguel A. Labrador (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of gait matching are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of gait matching includes identifying a gait cycle timing in a data sequence captured by an inertial sensor, splitting the data sequence into a gait cycle segment, resampling the gait cycle segment, and estimating a rotation matrix for the resampled gait cycle segment. The rotation matrix, in one embodiment, can be estimated by minimizing a root mean squared deviation between the resampled gait cycle segment and a reference gait cycle segment using the Kabsch algorithm, for example. The method further includes calculating an aligned gait cycle segment from the resampled gait cycle segment using the rotation matrix, and generating a similarity measure between the aligned gait cycle segment and the reference gait cycle segment. The Kabsch algorithm can be used to minimize error and reduce identity authentication errors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/944701 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) A61B 5/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1118 (20130101) A61B 5/6898 (20130101) |
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| US 09877770 | Wong 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) | Brian Jet-Fei Wong (Irvine, California); Michael G. Hill (Pasadena, California); Dmitry E. Protsenko (Irvine, California); Bryan Hunter (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of electrochemistry to control and generate specific user defined chemical reactions in regions that may be defined by electrode placement and geometry. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of shape changing cartilage in a subject through potential-driven electrochemical modification of tissue (PDEMT) or use of a potential-driven electromechanical (EMR) device. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280524 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/02 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2018/00565 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 09877788 | Stoianovici et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Stoianovici (Reisterstown, Maryland); Doru Petrisor (Lutherville Timonium, Maryland); Chunwoo Kim (Newton, Massachusetts); Peter Sebrechts (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An MRI safe robot for guiding transrectal prostate biopsy comprises a support arm, a robot body operatively connected to the support arm and a transrectal biopsy device operatively connected to the robot body. The transrectal biopsy device includes an endorectal extension and a biopsy needle device, the endorectal extension including an MRI coil for MRI imaging of the prostate. The robot body includes a first driver module for generating rotational motion of the endorectal extension and a second driver module for angulating the biopsy needle device toward a target area of the prostate for biopsy. The biopsy needle device is rotatable relative to the endorectal extension about a fixed axis and translatable through the endorectal extension. Each of the first and second driver modules include at least one pneumatic motor, wherein the MRI images are used by a physician to determine the target area for biopsy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/434155 |
| ART UNIT | 3786 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/748 (20130101) A61B 5/4381 (20130101) A61B 10/04 (20130101) A61B 10/0241 (20130101) A61B 10/0275 (20130101) A61B 19/2203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/30 (20160201) A61B 90/11 (20160201) A61B 90/39 (20160201) A61B 2010/045 (20130101) A61B 2010/0208 (20130101) A61B 2017/00544 (20130101) A61B 2090/062 (20160201) A61B 2090/374 (20160201) A61B 2090/3954 (20160201) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/48 (20130101) G01R 33/287 (20130101) |
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| US 09877920 | DeSimone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. DeSimone (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jason P. Rolland (Belmont, Massachusetts); Benjamin W. Maynor (Durham, North Carolina); Larken E. Euliss (Agoura Hills, California); Ginger Denison Rothrock (Durham, North Carolina); Ansley E. Dennis (Augusta, Georgia); Edward T. Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); R. Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter describes the use of fluorinated elastomer-based materials, in particular perfluoropolyether (PFPE)-based materials, in high-resolution soft or imprint lithographic applications, such as micro- and nanoscale replica molding, and the first nano-contact molding of organic materials to generate high fidelity features using an elastomeric mold. Accordingly, the presently disclosed subject matter describes a method for producing free-standing, isolated nanostructures of any shape using soft or imprint lithography technique. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658386 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/0097 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0085 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0004 (20130101) H01L 51/0021 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/3154 (20150401) Y10T 428/24273 (20150115) Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) |
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| US 09878026 | Eappen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SANARIA INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANARIA INC. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham G. Eappen (Ellicott City, Maryland); Stephen L. Hoffman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The application is directed to in-vitro-reared Plasmodium sporozoites of human host range wherein sporogony from gametocyte stage to sporozoite stage is external to mosquitoes, and methods of producing the same. Provided herein are in vitro-reared infectious Plasmodium sporozoites (SPZ) of human host range, particularly P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi, wherein sporogony from gametocyte stage to sporozoite stage is external to mosquitoes, and methods of producing the same. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/095360 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09878090 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy (Madison, Alabama); Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio); Yi Wang (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A micropump that pumps liquid using electrothermally-induced flow is described, along with a corresponding self-regulating pump and infusion pump. The micropump has applications in microfluidic systems, such as biochips. The self-regulating infusion pump is useful for administration of large and small volumes of liquids such as drugs to patients and can be designed for a wide range of flow rates by combining multiple micropumps in one infusion pump system. The micropump uses electrode sequences on opposing surfaces of a flow chamber that are staggered with respect to each other. The opposing surfaces include staggered electrodes that have the same phase and same electrode sequence. As such electrodes with the same phase are staggered and not eclipsed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971715 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/14244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/0244 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0079 (20130101) B01F 13/0081 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 99/00 (20130101) B01L 2300/1833 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0442 (20130101) B01L 2400/0493 (20130101) B01L 2400/0496 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 7/0064 (20130101) B08B 9/00 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/006 (20130101) F04B 19/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2030/0035 (20130101) G01N 2030/0065 (20130101) |
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| US 09878323 | Glezer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eli N. Glezer (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Bandele Jeffrey-Coker (Darnestown, Maryland); Jeffery D. Debad (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Sudeep M. Kumar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); George B. Sigal (Rockville, Maryland); Gisbert Spieles (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Tsionsky (Derwood, California); Michael Warnock (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We describe assay modules (e.g., assay plates, cartridges, multi-well assay plates, reaction vessels, etc.), processes for their preparation, and method of their use for conducting assays. Reagents may be present in free form or supported on solid phases including the surfaces of compartments (e.g., chambers, channels, flow cells, wells, etc.) in the assay modules or the surface of colloids, beads, or other particulate supports. In particular, dry reagents can be incorporated into the compartments of these assay modules and reconstituted prior to their use in accordance with the assay methods. A desiccant material may be used to maintain and stabilize these reagents in a dry state. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662553 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/105 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0829 (20130101) B01L 2300/0851 (20130101) B01L 2300/0858 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/809 (20130101) |
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| US 09878506 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuanhe Zhao (Allston, Massachusetts); Shaoting Lin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyunwoo Yuk (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for making a tough and compliant hydrogel. A precursor hydrogel is made of a first polymer selected to maintain high elasticity and a second polymer selected to dissipate mechanical energy. The precursor hydrogel is stretched to a multiple of its original length to form a pre-stretched hydrogel. The pre-stretched hydrogel is allowed to relax and is soaked in a biocompatible solvent to reach equilibrium swelling of the pre-stretched hydrogel whereby shear modulus of the hydrogel is reduced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/970704 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/4281 (20130101) A61B 2017/2253 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/226 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 71/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/0061 (20130101) B29K 2995/0078 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) C08J 3/246 (20130101) C08J 2300/14 (20130101) C08J 2300/208 (20130101) C08J 2333/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09878516 | Glembocki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia); Sharka M Prokes (Columbia, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Mikko Ritala (Espoo, Finland); Markku Leskela (Espoo, Finland); Jaakko Niinisto (Vantaa, Finland); Eero Santala (Klaukkala, Finland); Timo Hatanpaa (Espoo, Finland); Maarit Kariemi (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia); Sharka M Prokes (Columbia, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Mikko Ritala (Espoo, Finland); Markku Leskela (Espoo, Finland); Jaakko Niinisto (Vantaa, Finland); Eero Santala (Klaukkala, Finland); Timo Hatanpaa (Espoo, Finland); Maarit Kariemi (Helsinki, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | A metamaterial thin film with plasmonic properties formed by depositing metallic films by atomic layer deposition onto a substrate to form a naturally occurring mosaic-like nanostructure having two-dimensional features with air gaps between the two-dimensional features. Due to the unique deposition nanostructure, plasmonic thin films of metal or highly conducting materials can be produced on any substrate, including fabrics and biological materials. In addition, these plasmonic materials can be used in conjunction with geometric patterns that may be used to create multiple resonance plasmonic metamaterials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784856 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 15/04 (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 16/06 (20130101) C23C 16/18 (20130101) C23C 16/50 (20130101) C23C 16/45542 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1241 (20150115) Y10T 428/24636 (20150115) Y10T 428/24736 (20150115) |
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| US 09879140 | Mannari |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijaykumar M. Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to curable polyureasil compounds, methods related to curing of such compounds via hydrolysis and/or condensation to form coatings on a substrate, and coated articles formed from the curable polyureasil compounds. The polyureasil compounds are generally hydrocarbon-based, including multiple urea groups and multiple hydrolysable silyl groups per molecule. The hydrolysable silyl groups can be hydrolyzed and subsequently condensed to provide a networked polymeric structure with siloxane/urea linkages between polyureasil compound precursors to form a cured polyureasil composition useful as a coating for a substrate, in particular an anti-corrosion coating for a metallic substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/526679 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/02 (20130101) B05D 1/18 (20130101) B05D 3/108 (20130101) B05D 7/54 (20130101) B05D 2202/25 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/289 (20130101) C08G 18/755 (20130101) C08G 18/7621 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 175/04 (20130101) C09D 175/12 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31554 (20150401) Y10T 428/31605 (20150401) |
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| US 09879278 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baisong Lu (Winston Salem, North Carolina); Qingguo Zhao (Winston Salem, North Carolina); James Yoo (Winston Salem, North Carolina); Anthony Atala (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions and methods for the selective expression of a target gene in a subset of cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention includes a construct comprising a first nucleic acid sequence comprising an episomal maintenance element and a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a target gene wherein the expression of the episomal maintenance element is regulated by a constitutive promoter and the expression of the target gene is regulated by a non-constitutive promoter. The construct is able to maintain episomal state, no matter whether the target gene is expressed in the cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/382816 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/40 (20130101) C12N 2840/007 (20130101) |
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| US 09879546 | Hudson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/529143 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/10 (20130101) B22C 9/24 (20130101) B22C 9/108 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/211 (20130101) F05D 2260/204 (20130101) F05D 2260/2212 (20130101) |
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| US 09879557 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore W Hall (Berlin, Connecticut); Michael G McCaffrey (Windsor, Connecticut); Zachary Mott (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a seal that extends between a vane platform and a Blade Outer Air Seal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/737852 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/04 (20130101) F01D 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/08 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/11 (20130101) F05D 2240/56 (20130101) F05D 2240/80 (20130101) F05D 2260/205 (20130101) |
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| US 09879560 | Dibenedetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enzo Dibenedetto (Kensington, Connecticut); Matthew E. Bintz (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A strut-flap vane system for a turbomachine includes a vane strut comprising an airfoil portion and a strut mount extending in a radially outward direction from the airfoil portion. The strut mount forms a hollow semi-cylinder and includes threading on an outer diameter thereof. The system includes an aft mount portion or portions defining a hollow semi-cylinder configured to form a strut cylinder with the strut mount such that the aft mount portion can be disposed in contact with the strut mount to form the strut cylinder. The strut cylinder defines a cylinder opening and the aft mount portion includes threading on an outer diameter thereof that aligns with the threading of the strut mount to allow a strut spanner nut to mesh with both the strut mount and the mount portion. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/712999 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/02 (20130101) F01D 9/042 (20130101) F01D 17/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 17/162 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/323 (20130101) F05D 2230/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09879946 | Holtz 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) | Ronald L. Holtz (Lorton, Virginia); Alex E. Moser (Alexandria, Virginia); James L. Pelland (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Flora M. Jordan (Alexandria, Virginia); James R. Dade, III (Nashville, Tennessee); John K. Wilcox (Malvern, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Body armor includes a first armor plate having a concave rear surface, a second plate having a convex front surface, and optionally, a separate coupling layer configured to fit between the first ceramic armor plate and the polymer plate. The contours of the coupling layer are formed by pressing the coupling layer between the polymer plate and the armor plate into a shape that fills gaps or voids between the concave rear surface of the armor plate and the convex front surface of the polymer plate, such that the armor plate, the polymer plate, and the coupling layer form a matched set. In operation, the ceramic armor plate can be used alone, the polymer plate can be used alone, or the hard armor layer and the polymer plate can be used together with the optional coupling layer positioned between them. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/953306 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 5/0471 (20130101) |
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| US 09879997 | Kubena et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California); Yook-Kong Yong (Piscataway, New Jersey); Deborah J. Kirby (Calabasas, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator assembly includes a semiconductor substrate; a resonator gyroscope, the resonator gyroscope including a first resonator formed in a layer of a first material; and an oscillator on the semiconductor substrate, the oscillator including a second resonator formed of a second material. The second resonator is disposed in a cavity, the cavity comprising a first recess in the layer of a first material with the edges of the first recess being attached to the substrate, or the cavity comprising a second recess in the substrate and the edges of the second recess being attached to the layer of a first material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/547057 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5677 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/19 (20130101) |
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| US 09880092 | Foy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Morphix Technologies, Inc. (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morphix Technologies, Inc. (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deborah Foy (Chesapeake, Virginia); Edward Locke (Norfolk, Virginia); Julian Parker (Chesapeake, Virginia); Anthony Pomozzi (Chesapeake, Virginia); Matthew Rixon, III (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A test kit is provided. The test kit includes a case including a top including a plurality of indicator pads and a crushing plate rotatable between a first position and a second position, the crushing plate including a plurality of crushing ribs. The case further includes a bottom hingedly coupled to the top, the bottom including a plurality of reagent ampoules storing reagents. When the case is closed with the crushing plate in the second position, the plurality of crushing ribs crush the the plurality of reagent ampoules. The test kit further includes a collector including a collector body, a plurality of swabs extending through the collector body, a removable cover covering a first side of the collector body, and a collector handle coupled to the collector body, wherein the collector is nestable within the case. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451893 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5029 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0672 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/293 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 31/228 (20130101) G01N 2001/024 (20130101) |
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| US 09880120 | Ghionea et al. |
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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) | Simon J. Ghionea (Laurel, Maryland); David M. Hull (Adelphi, Maryland); Gabriel L. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jeffrey S. Pulskamp (Bethesda, Maryland); Sarah S. Bedair (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to embodiments, an electric field sensor having a sensor electrode is constructed of an electrically conductive material and having one or more outwardly protruding pillars. A screen electrode overlies the sensor electrode and has one or more openings which register with the one or more pillars on the sensor electrode. At least one piezoelectric actuator is connected to the screen electrode so that, when excited by a voltage signal, the piezoelectric actuator modulates the screen electrode toward and away from the sensor electrode at the frequency of the periodic voltage signal. An output circuit configured to detect a voltage, a current output, or both, between the sensor electrode and the screen electrode which is proportional in magnitude to the strength of the electric field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/337671 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09880137 | Lim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sung H. Lim (Mountain View, California); Christopher J. Musto (Champaign, Illinois); Liang Feng (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan W. Kemling (Urbana, Illinois); Kenneth S. Suslick (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung H. Lim (Mountain View, California); Christopher J. Musto (Champaign, Illinois); Liang Feng (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan W. Kemling (Urbana, Illinois); Kenneth S. Suslick (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A colorimetric array includes a substrate, a first spot on the substrate, and a second spot on the substrate. The first spot includes a first nanoporous pigment that includes a first nanoporous material and a first immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The second spot includes a second nanoporous pigment that includes a second nanoporous material and a second immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The first nanoporous pigment is different from the second nanoporous pigment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552899 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/253 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09880149 — Coatings of semiconductor quantum dots for improved visibility of electrodes and pipettes
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| APPLICANT(S) | Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, Hungary) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Bertalan K. Andrasfalvy (Budapest, Hungary); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia); James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Alan L. Huston (Aldie, Virginia); John J. Macklin (Wenonah, New Jersey); Mladen Barbic (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A glass pipette such as an electrode for electrophysiological recording is coated with quantum dots. This greatly aids the ability to observe the glass pipette, particular in tissue as the quantum dots provide an excellent performance under two-photon illumination used to visualize objects at depths of hundreds of microns. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173652 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/021 (20130101) B01L 2300/168 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 17/003 (20130101) C03C 17/009 (20130101) C03C 17/22 (20130101) C03C 2217/28 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880159 | Powers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda S. Powers (Tucson, Arizona); Kevin M. Okarski (Tucson, Arizona); Walther R. Ellis, Jr. (Tucson, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Linda S. Powers (Tucson, Arizona); Kevin M. Okarski (Tucson, Arizona); Walther R. Ellis, Jr. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a cartridge-based detection system to prepare an injected sample to be investigated for determination of a microbial pathogen or another analyte of interest using a detector features a field-safe cartridge. The system features a plurality of reagent chambers located within the cartridge. The system features a rotating cylindrical dial that facilitates a sequential introduction of various fluids contained in each reagent chamber into the dial whereby the fluid washes internally for contact therein. A dial channel is located through the dial. A dual window region of interrogation is centrally located in the dial. The dial is pivoted into position to fluidly connect each mated anterior and posterior reagent chamber via the dial channel. Methods of used are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872840 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/527 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0621 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/0672 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0622 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880204 | Bayarena |
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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) | Phillip Bayarena (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to using a DC multimeter configured for checking device amperage. A DC voltmeter is electrically-connected in series with the DC multimeter. A linear circuit is electrically connected in series between the DC multimeter and the DC voltmeter. A device under test is electrically-connected between positive and negative terminals of the DC voltmeter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/695836 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 15/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/2632 (20130101) |
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| US 09880259 | Ramlall |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Scretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohan Yash Ramlall (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating the position of a mobile station (MS) comprising the following steps: physically moving the MS at a constant velocity v in an environment comprising S stationary scatterers; wirelessly transmitting N uplink communication signals from a transmitter physically mounted to the MS; receiving each of the N uplink signals via D distinct paths at a fixed-location base station (BS); recording with the BS a time of arrival (TOA) τ, an angle-of-arrival (AOA) θ, and a Doppler-shifted frequency (DSF) |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/981100 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880301 | Schulte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhard W. Schulte (Grand Terrace, California); R. Ford Hurley (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies related to calibration of an ion based imaging apparatus such as a proton computed tomography scanner. In some implementations, energy degrader plates having known water-equivalent thickness (WET) values can be introduced to an ion beam to introduce different energy degradation settings. Energy detector responses to individual ions subject to such energy degradation settings can be obtained. Such responses can be normalized and correlated to water-equivalent path lengths (WEPL) of the ions based on the known WET values. Such calibration utilizing degrader plates can be performed relatively quickly and can yield accurate WEPL values that facilitate estimation of, for example, a CT image based on relative stopping power of an object. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056694 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/035 (20130101) A61B 6/548 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/585 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) G01N 23/046 (20130101) G01N 35/00693 (20130101) G01N 2223/107 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/169 (20130101) G01T 1/2985 (20130101) G01T 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880356 | Latawiec 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) | Pawel M. Latawiec (Allston, Massachusetts); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Tapered waveguides made of high-index material attached to a tapered optical fiber are provided, enabling access to the optical modes of large, high-index resonators. In some embodiments, an optical fiber having a central axis, a tapered portion, and an untapered portion is provided. The tapered portion is configured to expose an evanescent field. An elongated waveguide is optically coupled to the optical fiber along the tapered portion and parallel to the central axis of the optical fiber. The elongated waveguide has a substantially triangular cross section perpendicular to the central axis of the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/151304 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/305 (20130101) G02B 6/1228 (20130101) G02B 6/2852 (20130101) G02B 6/29335 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12038 (20130101) G02B 2006/12111 (20130101) G02B 2006/12152 (20130101) G02B 2006/12195 (20130101) |
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| US 09880403 | Alu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Alu (Austin, Texas); Dimitrios Sounas (Austin, Texas); Nicholas Estep (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-reciprocal device incorporating metamaterials which exhibit non-reciprocity through angular momentum biasing. The metamaterial, such as a ring resonator, is angular-momentum biased. This is achieved by applying a suitable mechanical or spatio-temporal modulation to resonant inclusions of the metamaterial, thereby producing strong non-reciprocity. In this manner, non-reciprocity can be produced without requiring the use of large and bulky magnets to produce a static magnetic field. The metamaterials of the present invention can be realized by semiconducting and/or metallic materials which are widely used in integrated circuit technology, and therefore, contrary to magneto-optical materials, can be easily integrated into the non-reciprocal devices and large microwave or optical systems. The metamaterials of the present invention can be compact at various frequencies due to the enhanced wave-matter interaction in the constituent resonant inclusions. Additionally, by using the metamaterials of the present invention, the power consumed in the biasing network is drastically reduced. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/192607 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/08 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/0121 (20130101) G02F 1/0128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2202/30 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) |
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| US 09880405 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying Luo (San Diego, California); Shiyun Lin (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical modulator is described. This optical modulator may be implemented using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. In particular, a semiconductor layer in an SOI platform may include a photonic crystal having a group velocity of light that is less than that of the semiconductor layer. Moreover, an optical modulator (such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer) may be implemented in the photonic crystal with a vertical junction in the semiconductor layer. During operation of the optical modulator, an input optical signal may be split into two different optical signals that feed two optical waveguides, and then subsequently combined into an output optical signal. Furthermore, during operation, time-varying bias voltages may be applied across the vertical junction in the optical modulator using contacts defined along a lateral direction of the optical modulator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/609554 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0123 (20130101) G02F 1/2255 (20130101) G02F 2001/0151 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) G02F 2202/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09880445 | Rudolph et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang G. Rudolph (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cristina Rodriguez (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods implementing a stack on a substrate, where the stack includes a plurality of films structured as layers to convert radiation incident to the stack to radiation of a nonlinear optical signal different from the incident radiation or to a harmonic of the incident radiation, can be used in a variety of applications. The stack can be structured having parameters selected with respect to conversion efficiency and bandwidth the converted radiation. Additional systems and methods can be used in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/744909 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0092 (20130101) |
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| US 09880448 | Kovacs |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Kovacs (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for parallax correction includes a first lens having a first pin extending radially therefrom and a second lens positioned parallel to the first lens. A moving platform has a first slot for accepting the first pin therein. The first slot is angled relative to the lenses to correct for parallax between the first and second lenses. The system can include an actuator for extending and retracting the moving platform towards and away from an object to focus on the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/132836 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 23/12 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 13/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/2258 (20130101) |
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| US 09881153 | Momot |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leviathan, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leviathan, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Falcon Momot (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and media are shown for detecting a heap spray event involving examining user allocated portions of heap memory for a process image, determining a level of entropy for the user allocated portions, and, if the level of entropy is below a threshold, performing secondary heuristics, and detecting a heap spray event based on results of the secondary heuristics. In some examples, performing the secondary heuristics may include analyzing a pattern of memory allocation for the user allocated portions, analyzing data content of the user allocated portions of heap memory, or analyzing a heap allocation size for the user allocated portions of heap memory. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745300 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/552 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/034 (20130101) |
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| US 09881155 | Kemp |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leviathan, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leviathan, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Kemp (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and media are shown for automatically detecting a use-after-free exploit based attack that involve receiving crash dump data relating to a fault event, determining whether the fault event instruction is a call type instruction and, if so, identifying a UAF attack by checking whether it includes a base address in a first register that stores a pointer to free memory and, if so, generating a UAF alert. In some examples, generating a use-after-free alert includes automatically sending a message that indicates a UAF attack or automatically triggering a system defense to the UAF attack. Some examples may include, for a call type faulting instruction, identifying a UAF attack, checking whether a base address in the first register includes a pointer in a second register to a free memory location associated with the base address. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/791052 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/07 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/14 (20130101) H04L 63/1408 (20130101) |
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| US 09881251 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural system comprises multiple neurons interconnected via synapse devices. Each neuron integrates input signals arriving on its dendrite, generates a spike in response to the integrated input signals exceeding a threshold, and sends the spike to the interconnected neurons via its axon. The system further includes multiple noruens, each noruen is interconnected via the interconnect network with those neurons that the noruen's corresponding neuron sends its axon to. Each noruen integrates input spikes from connected spiking neurons and generates a spike in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. There can be one noruen for every corresponding neuron. For a first neuron connected via its axon via a synapse to dendrite of a second neuron, a noruen corresponding to the second neuron is connected via its axon through the same synapse to dendrite of the noruen corresponding to the first neuron. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/354946 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/061 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) G06N 3/0635 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/54 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2481 (20150115) |
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| US 09881252 | Alvarez-Icaza Rivera 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) | Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera (Mountain View, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Myron D. Flickner (San Jose, California); Bryan L. Jackson (Fremont, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Jun Sawada (Austin, Texas); Benjamin G. Shaw (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the invention provides a system comprising at least one data-to-spike converter unit for converting input numeric data received by the system to spike event data. Each data-to-spike converter unit is configured to support one or more spike codes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/491685 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09881746 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung Joon Jung (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hyun Young Jung (Malden, Massachusetts); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanically flexible and optically transparent thin film solid state supercapacitors are fabricated by assembling nano-engineered carbon electrodes in porous templates. The electrodes have textured graphitic surface films with a morphology of interconnected arrays of complex shapes and porosity. The graphitic films act as both electrode and current collector, and when integrated with solid polymer electrolyte function as thin film supercapacitors. The nanostructured electrode morphology and conformal electrolyte packaging provide enough energy and power density for electronic devices in addition to possessing excellent mechanical flexibility and optical transparency. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391458 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/48 (20130101) H01G 11/56 (20130101) H01G 11/68 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) |
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| US 09881759 | Copel 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) | Matthew W. Copel (Yorktown Heights, New York); Bruce G. Elmegreen (Goldens Bridge, New York); Glenn J. Martyna (Croton on Hudson, New York); Dennis M. Newns (Yorktown Heights, New York); Thomas M. Shaw (Peekskill, New York); Paul M. Solomon (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectronic switch device for radio frequency (RF) applications includes a piezoelectric (PE) material layer and a piezoresistive (PR) material layer separated from one another by at least one electrode, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR material layer is dependent upon an applied voltage across the PE material layer by way of an applied pressure to the PR material layer by the PE material layer; and a conductive, high yield material (C-HYM) comprising a housing that surrounds the PE material layer, the PR material layer and the at least one electrode, the C-HYM configured to mechanically transmit a displacement of the PE material layer to the PR material layer such that applied voltage across the PE material layer causes an expansion thereof and an increase the applied pressure to the PR material layer, thereby causing a decrease in the electrical resistance of the PR material layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745521 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 49/00 (20130101) H01H 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01H 2057/006 (20130101) |
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| US 09881774 | Frantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina); Allan J. Bruce (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Michael Cyrus (Summit, New Jersey); Sergey V. Frolov (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); Sunlight Photonics Inc. (South Plainfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina); Allan J. Bruce (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Michael Cyrus (Summit, New Jersey); Sergey V. Frolov (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forming a thin film of a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS)-type material are disclosed. The method includes providing first and second targets in a common sputtering chamber. The first target includes a source of CIGS material, such as an approximately stoichiometric polycrystalline CIGS material, and the second target includes a chalcogen, such as selenium, sulfur, tellurium, or a combination of these elements. The second target provides an excess of chalcogen in the chamber. This can compensate, at least in part, for the loss of chalcogen from the CIGS-source in the first target, resulting in a thin film with a controlled stoichiometry which provides effective light absorption when used in a solar cell. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549778 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 14/087 (20130101) C23C 14/0623 (20130101) C23C 14/3414 (20130101) C23C 14/3464 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3414 (20130101) H01J 37/3429 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02631 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/0368 (20130101) H01L 31/03923 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
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| US 09881904 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rabindra N. Das (Lexington, Massachusetts); Mark A. Gouker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Pascale Gouker (Lexington, Massachusetts); Leonard M. Johnson (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Ryan C. Johnson (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer semiconductor device includes two or more semiconductor sections, each of the semiconductor sections including at least at least one device layer having first and second opposing surfaces and a plurality of electrical connections extending between the first and second surfaces. The electrical connections correspond to first conductive structures. The multi-layer semiconductor device also includes one or more second conductive structures which are provided as through oxide via (TOV) or through insulator via (TIV) structures. The multi-layer semiconductor device additionally includes one or more silicon layers. At least a first one of the silicon layers includes at least one third conductive structure which is provided as a through silicon via (TSV) structure. The multi-layer semiconductor device further includes one or more via joining layers including at least one fourth conductive structure. A corresponding method for fabricating a multi-layer semiconductor device is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/303800 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/481 (20130101) H01L 23/535 (20130101) H01L 23/3736 (20130101) H01L 23/5226 (20130101) H01L 23/5283 (20130101) H01L 23/53209 (20130101) H01L 23/53238 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/0688 (20130101) H01L 2224/16145 (20130101) H01L 2225/06517 (20130101) H01L 2225/06524 (20130101) H01L 2225/06527 (20130101) H01L 2225/06541 (20130101) H01L 2225/06548 (20130101) H01L 2225/06572 (20130101) |
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09882039 — Fabrication technique for high frequency, high power group III nitride electronic devices
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fabrication methods of a high frequency (sub-micron gate length) operation of AlInGaN/InGaN/GaN MOS-DHFET, and the HFET device resulting from the fabrication methods, are generally disclosed. The method of forming the HFET device generally includes a novel double-recess etching and a pulsed deposition of an ultra-thin, high-quality silicon dioxide layer as the active gate-insulator. The methods of the present invention can be utilized to form any suitable field effect transistor (FET), and are particular suited for forming high electron mobility transistors (HEMT). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/933668 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0214 (20130101) H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/0228 (20130101) H01L 21/02057 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02211 (20130101) H01L 21/02274 (20130101) H01L 21/3141 (20130101) H01L 21/3185 (20130101) H01L 21/30621 (20130101) H01L 21/31608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09882089 | Northrup et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting diode includes an active region configured to emit light, a composite electrical contact layer, and a transparent electron blocking hole transport layer (TEBHTL). The composite electrical contact layer includes tow materials. At least one of the two materials is a metal configured to reflect a portion of the emitted light. The TEBHTL is arranged between the composite electrical contact layer and the active region. The TEBHTL has a thickness that extends at least a majority of a distance between the active region and the composite electrical contact layer. The TEBHTL has a band-gap greater than a band-gap of light emitting portions of the active region. The band-gap of the TEBHTL decreases as a function of distance from the active region to the composite electrical contact layer over a majority of the thickness of the TEBHTL. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/234795 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/40 (20130101) H01L 33/42 (20130101) H01L 33/62 (20130101) H01L 33/145 (20130101) H01L 33/382 (20130101) H01L 33/387 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) |
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| US 09882108 | Urban et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey J. Urban (Emeryville, California); Jared Lynch (Fremont, California); Nelson Coates (Oakland, California); Jason Forster (Berkeley, California); Ayaskanta Sahu (Berkeley, California); Michael Chabinyc (Santa Barbara, California); Boris Russ (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Urban (Emeryville, California); Jared Lynch (Fremont, California); Nelson Coates (Oakland, California); Jason Forster (Berkeley, California); Ayaskanta Sahu (Berkeley, California); Michael Chabinyc (Santa Barbara, California); Boris Russ (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254412 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) C09D 5/24 (20130101) C09D 5/26 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/02 (20130101) H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09882167 | Mandlik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prashant Mandlik (Princeton, New Jersey); Sigurd Wagner (Princeton, New Jersey); Jeffrey A. Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Ruiqing Ma (Morristown, New Jersey); Julia J. Brown (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Lin Han (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/008834 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/02 (20130101) C23C 16/04 (20130101) C23C 16/22 (20130101) C23C 16/30 (20130101) C23C 16/40 (20130101) C23C 16/52 (20130101) C23C 16/0272 (20130101) C23C 16/505 (20130101) C23C 16/517 (20130101) C23C 16/45523 (20130101) C23C 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/5203 (20130101) H01L 51/5253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5259 (20130101) H01L 2251/301 (20130101) H01L 2251/303 (20130101) H01L 2251/566 (20130101) |
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| US 09882243 | Thillaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Joplin, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EAGLEPICHER Technologies, LLC (Joplin, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramanathan Thillaiyan (Joplin, Missouri); Wujun Fu (Joplin, Missouri); Mario Destephen (Joplin, Missouri); Greg Miller (Diamond, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved electrolyte including a strontium additive suitable for lithium-sulfur batteries, a battery including the electrolyte, and a battery including a separator containing a strontium additive are disclosed. The presence of the strontium additive reduces sulfur-containing deposits on the battery anode, thereby providing a battery with relatively high energy density and good partial discharge performance. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/037993 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/5815 (20130101) H01M 10/44 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/058 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0077 (20130101) H02J 7/0081 (20130101) H02J 7/0086 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a polymer coating having a VLF/LF element and an HF/VHF element embedded therein. A blocking choke is interposed between the VLF/LF element and the antenna feed t block HF/VHF signals. Small chokes are regularly positioned on the VLF/LF element to eliminate resonances caused by mutual capacitance between the elements. Reactive loads are positioned in said HF/VHF element at regular intervals for optimizing performance of the antenna in the HF/VHF radio bands. In further embodiments the antenna is provided as a floating antenna with the elements helically arranged therein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/351927 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/04 (20130101) H01Q 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/362 (20130101) H01Q 5/321 (20150115) |
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| US 09882286 | Tonn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A cylindrical antenna includes: a hollow cylinder having a height, an inner radius b, an axis, a cylindrical surface, and two ends; a ground plane on one end of the cylinder; an antenna wire extending from a center of the cylinder at one end on a ground plane along the axis and ending below the height of the cylinder; and a layer of near zero index (NZI) metamaterial surrounding and adjacent to the cylindrical surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556567 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/08 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) H01Q 19/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09882349 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Jin-Hyoung Lee (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that locks a wavelength of a hybrid laser to a wavelength of a reference laser, wherein a lasing cavity of the hybrid laser includes a reflective gain medium (RGM) comprising an optical gain material coupled with an associated reflector, a phase tuner, a laser ring filter and a silicon mirror. During operation, while the hybrid laser is turned off, the system tunes a reference ring filter to the wavelength of the reference laser. Next, the system turns on the hybrid laser. The system then tunes the laser ring filter in the hybrid laser to the reference ring filter. Finally, the system adjusts the phase tuner in the hybrid laser to align a lasing cavity mode of the hybrid laser with the tuned laser ring filter. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/404437 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/0601 (20130101) H01S 5/0617 (20130101) H01S 5/0687 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) |
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| US 09882383 | Krishnamurthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish K. Krishnamurthy (Hillsboro, Oregon); Khondker Z. Ahmed (Atlanta, Georgia); Krishnan Ravichandran (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples may include a smart power delivery network using voltage regulators to supply combined power sufficient to meet a peak load demand generated from one load from among multiple possible loads. A system of power gate devices having controllers may assist in dynamically steering current driven by the voltage regulators to the multiple possible loads. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/581903 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/10 (20130101) H02J 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09882654 | Yap |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Yap (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) link includes a link transmitter that includes a data modulator for modulating a data waveform together with an RF carrier, a photonic encoder coupled to the data modulator, and a transmitter antenna for transmitting an RF signal, wherein the RF signal comprises an output of the photonic encoder, and a link receiver including a receiver antenna for receiving the RF signal, a first laser source, a photonic limiter coupled to the first laser source and to the receiving antenna, a photonic decoder coupled to the photonic limiter, a photo-receiver coupled to the photonic decoder, and a demodulator coupled to the photo-receiver for demodulating an output of the photo-receiver with the RF carrier to form a data output. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/073131 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/503 (20130101) H04B 10/516 (20130101) H04B 10/697 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/2575 (20130101) |
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| US 09882994 | Bisdikian 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) | Chatschik Bisdikian (Chappaqua, New York); Christopher R. Gibson (Southampton, United Kingdom); Dominic P. Harries (Winchester, United Kingdom); Syed Y. Shah (Troy, New York); Petros Zerfos (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms are provided for generating a composite service. A request to generate the composite service is received that identifies a geospatial region of interest for the composite service. One or more types of components needed to generate the composite service are determined and, for each component of a plurality of components of the one or more types of components, a corresponding spatial coverage characteristic is determined. A subset of components, from the plurality of components, is selected based on the spatial coverage characteristics of the plurality of components and the geospatial region of interest. The composite service is then generated based on the selected subset of components from the plurality of components. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/593519 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/12 (20130101) H04L 67/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 67/2838 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09883576 | Kovaleski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Kovaleski (Columbia, Missouri); Brady B. Gall (Columbia, Missouri); Andrew L. Benwell (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Norgard (Columbia, Missouri); James Vangordon (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-power, compact piezoelectric particle emitter for emitting particles such as X-rays and neutrons. A piezoelectric transformer crystal receives an input voltage at an input end and generates a higher output voltage at an output electrode disposed at an output end. The emitter is in a vacuum and the output voltage creates an electric field. A charged particle source is positioned relative a target such that charged particles from the charged particle source are accelerated by the electric field toward the target. Interaction between the accelerated charged particles and the target causes one of X-rays and neutrons to be emitted. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/898438 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/06 (20130101) H01J 35/14 (20130101) H01J 35/065 (20130101) H01J 2235/02 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 1/06 (20130101) H05G 1/10 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 2001/2481 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Grdina (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Grdina (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods for preventing or inhibiting genomic instability and in cells affected by diagnostic radiology procedures employing ionizing radiation. Embodiments include methods of preventing or inhibiting genomic instability and in cells affected by computed tomography (CT) radiation. Subjects receiving ionizing radiation may be those persons suspected of having cancer, or cancer patients having received or currently receiving cancer therapy, and or those patients having received previous ionizing radiation, including those who are approaching or have exceeded the recommended total radiation dose for a person. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/822223 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/508 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/132 (20130101) A61K 31/132 (20130101) A61K 31/145 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 49/0008 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09878280 | Nakano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna Nakano (Albany, Oregon); Jinichiro Nakano (Albany, Oregon); James P. Bennett (Salem, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Nakano (Albany, Oregon); Jinichiro Nakano (Albany, Oregon); James P. Bennett (Salem, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to a method for enriching an inlet air stream utilizing a number of enrichment sub-units connected in series, where each enrichment sub-unit conducts both a dissolution and degasification cycle. Each enrichment sub-unit comprises a compressor, an aeration unit, a deaeration unit, and a pump for the recirculation of water between the aeration and deaeration units. The methodology provides a manner in which the relationship between the respective Henry's coefficients of the oxygen and nitrogen in water may be exploited to enrich the O2 volume percent and diminish the N2 volume percent over repeated dissolution and degasification cycles. By utilizing a number of enrichment sub-units connected in series, the water contained in each enrichment sub-unit acts to progressively increase the O2 volume percent. Additional enrichment sub-units may be added and utilized until the O2 volume percent equals or exceeds a target O2 volume percent. In a particular embodiment, air having a general composition of about 78 vol. % N2 and 21 vol. % O2 is progressively enriched to provide a final mixture of about 92% vol. % O2 and 8% vol. % N2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590239 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/14 (20130101) B01D 53/18 (20130101) B01D 53/1406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/1418 (20130101) B01D 2257/40 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09878296 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Mengmeng Cui (Amherst, Massachusetts); Todd Emrick (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized assembly including a first liquid phase of non-spherical droplets in a second liquid phase, wherein the second liquid phase is immiscible with the first phase, and nanoparticle surfactants assembled at an interface of the non-spherical droplets and the second phase is disclosed. The nanoparticle surfactants include nanoparticles and end-functionalized polymers that can interact through ligand type interactions, and the first phase is stabilized by a disordered, jammed layer of nanoparticle surfactants. A method of preparing a stabilized assembly is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/509609 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 17/0007 (20130101) B01F 17/0028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 17/0071 (20130101) |
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| US 09878307 | Seals et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating nano-catalysts are described. In some embodiments the nano-catalyst is formed from a powder-based substrate material and is some embodiments the nano-catalyst is formed from a solid-based substrate material. In some embodiments the substrate material may include metal, ceramic, or silicon or another metalloid. The nano-catalysts typically have metal nanoparticles disposed adjacent the surface of the substrate material. The methods typically include functionalizing the surface of the substrate material with a chelating agent, such as a chemical having dissociated carboxyl functional groups (—COO), that provides an enhanced affinity for metal ions. The functionalized substrate surface may then be exposed to a chemical solution that contains metal ions. The metal ions are then bound to the substrate material and may then be reduced, such as by a stream of gas that includes hydrogen, to form metal nanoparticles adjacent the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740899 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 23/74 (20130101) B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 31/0274 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 37/18 (20130101) B01J 37/033 (20130101) B01J 37/0072 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101) |
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| US 09878805 | Judd 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) | Stephen Judd (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nicholas Dallmann (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin McCabe (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Daniel Seitz (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A “black box” space vehicle solution may allow a payload developer to define the mission space and provide mission hardware within a predetermined volume and with predetermined connectivity. Components such as the power module, radios and boards, attitude determination and control system (ADCS), command and data handling (C&DH), etc. may all be provided as part of a “stock” (i.e., core) space vehicle. The payload provided by the payload developer may be plugged into the space vehicle payload section, tested, and launched without custom development of core space vehicle components by the payload developer. A docking station may facilitate convenient development and testing of the space vehicle while reducing handling thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/746046 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/44 (20130101) B64G 1/222 (20130101) B64G 1/428 (20130101) B64G 1/641 (20130101) B64G 2001/1092 (20130101) |
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| US 09878944 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Xunhu Dai (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark A. Rodriguez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nathanael L. Lyon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to glass-ceramic compositions, as well as methods for forming such composition. In particular, the compositions include various polymorphs of silica that provide beneficial thermal expansion characteristics (e.g., a near linear thermal strain). Also described are methods of forming such compositions, as well as connectors including hermetic seals containing such compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/834616 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 27/012 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 10/0027 (20130101) C03C 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09879166 | Goswami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharendra Yogi Goswami (Tampa, Florida); Elias K. Stefanakos (Tampa, Florida); Chand K. Jotshi (Gainesville, Florida); Jaspreet Dhau (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharendra Yogi Goswami (Tampa, Florida); Elias K. Stefanakos (Tampa, Florida); Chand K. Jotshi (Gainesville, Florida); Jaspreet Dhau (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method for fabricating a ceramic phase change material capsule includes forming a hollow ceramic capsule body having a filling hole, filling the ceramic capsule body with one or more phase change materials via the filling hole, and closing and sealing the filling hole. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/741427 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/04 (20130101) C09K 5/06 (20130101) C09K 5/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 20/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09879175 | Aines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Eric B. Duoss (Dublin, California); Jeffery James Roberts (Livermore, California); Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, California); Joshuah K. Stolaroff (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A capsule for carrying a proppant for emplaced in a formation containing formation fluid by a hydraulic fracture operation using a fracturing fluid. The capsule includes a capsule body. The capsule body includes a proppant. There is a surface layer on the capsule body that is permeable to the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or is permeable to both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid. The proppant material is dry cement that interacts with the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid that migrate through the surface layer and is taken up by the dry cement causing the dry cement to harden. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/001590 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/70 (20130101) C09K 8/805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/26 (20130101) E21B 43/267 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09879224 | Chan 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); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Chan (Davis, California); Deborah Lieu (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for isolation of a stem-cell derived differentiated cell, which method entails illuminating an incident light onto a plurality of stem-cell derived cells that comprise at least an undifferentiated cell and a differentiated cell possessing a noncentrosymmetric structure, wherein the differentiated cell generates second-harmonic light from the incident light; and isolating the differentiated cell identified by the second-harmonic light. Devices for carrying out the methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354067 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/636 (20130101) |
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| US 09879242 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/653315 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/00 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09879247 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brady D. Lee (West Richland, Washington); David William Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Francisco F. Roberto (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for modulating or altering metabolism in a cell using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/347903 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/1029 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/75 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 203/01009 (20130101) C12Y 402/01055 (20130101) |
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| US 09879248 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Mitchell Tai (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to engineering microbial cells for utilization of cellulosic materials as a carbon source, including xylose. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/817489 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/649 (20130101) C12P 7/6463 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/0101 (20130101) C12Y 101/01009 (20130101) C12Y 101/01307 (20130101) C12Y 503/01005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09879251 | May et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold D. May (Charleston, South Carolina); Christopher W. Marshall (Charleston, South Carolina); Edward V. Labelle (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for microbial electrosynthesis of H2 and organic compounds such as methane and acetate. Method of producing mature electrosynthetic microbial populations by continuous culture is also provided. Microbial populations produced in accordance with the embodiments as shown to efficiently synthesize H2, methane and acetate in the presence of CO2 and a voltage potential. The production of biodegradable and renewable plastics from electricity and carbon dioxide is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/427374 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/36 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) C12P 5/023 (20130101) C12P 7/52 (20130101) C12P 7/54 (20130101) C12P 7/625 (20130101) C12P 39/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 09879270 | Hittinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Todd Hittinger (Madison, Wisconsin); William Gerald Alexander (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are constructs for genome editing or genetic engineering in fungi or protists, methods of using the constructs and media for use in selecting cells. The construct include a polynucleotide encoding a thymidine kinase operably connected to a promoter, suitably a constitutive promoter; a polynucleotide encoding an endonuclease operably connected to an inducible promoter; and a recognition site for the endonuclease. The constructs may also include selectable markers for use in selecting recombinations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/826566 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/045 (20130101) |
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| US 09879352 | Marina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olga A. Marina (Richland, Washington); Larry R. Pederson (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga A. Marina (Richland, Washington); Larry R. Pederson (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for fuel, chemical, and/or electricity production from electrochemical cells are disclosed. A voltage is applied between an anode and a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The anode includes a metal or metal oxide electrocatalyst. Oxygen is supplied to the cathode, producing oxygen ions. The anode electrocatalyst is at least partially oxidized by the oxygen ions transported through an electrolyte from the cathode to the anode. A feed gas stream is supplied to the anode electrocatalyst, which is converted to a liquid fuel. The anode electrocatalyst is re-oxidized to higher valency oxides, or a mixture of oxide phases, by supplying the oxygen ions to the anode. The re-oxidation by the ions is controlled or regulated by the amount of voltage applied. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/681857 |
| 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 | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/0288 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0452 (20130101) C25B 11/0473 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9041 (20130101) H01M 8/1011 (20130101) H01M 8/1013 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/133 (20151101) |
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| US 09879514 | Ciezobka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Ciezobka (Addison, Illinois); Debotyam Maity (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic fracturing system and method for enhancing effective permeability of earth formations to increase hydrocarbon production, enhance operation efficiency by reducing fluid entry friction due to tortuosity and perforation, and to open perforations that are either unopened or not effective using traditional techniques, by varying a pump rate and/or a flow rate to a wellbore. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/600155 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879884 | Maxey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie Curt Maxey (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A sun positioning sensor and method of accurately tracking the sun are disclosed. The sensor includes a position sensing diode and a disk having a body defining an aperture for accepting solar light. An extension tube having a body that defines a duct spaces the position sensing diode from the disk such that the solar light enters the aperture in the disk, travels through the duct in the extension tube and strikes the position sensing diode. The extension tube has a known length that is fixed. Voltage signals indicative of the location and intensity of the sun are generated by the position sensing diode. If it is determined that the intensity values are unreliable, then historical position values are used from a table. If the intensity values are deemed reliable, then actual position values are used from the position sensing diode. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/808265 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/7861 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09879926 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milnes P. David (Fishkill, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milnes P. David (Fishkill, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided. The control includes automatically determining at least one adjusted control setting for at least one adjustable cooling component of a cooling system cooling the electronic system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on power being consumed by the cooling system and temperature of a heat sink to which heat extracted by the cooling system is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on one or more experimentally obtained models relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the one or more adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527863 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 15/02 (20130101) G05B 2219/2614 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
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| US 09880041 | 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 a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, each axis including a laser source configured to emit a beam; a parallel beam generating assembly configured to receive the beam and split the beam into a first parallel beam and a second parallel beam, a beam-collimating assembly configured to receive the first parallel beam and the second parallel beam and output a first beam sheet and a second beam sheet, the first beam sheet and the second beam sheet being configured to traverse the object aperture; a first collecting lens and a second collecting lens; and a first photodetector and a second photodetector, the first photodetector and the second photodetector configured to output an electrical signal proportional to the object; wherein the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are arranged at an angular offset with respect to each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/671775 |
| 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 09880096 | Bond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiziana C Bond (Livermore, California); Garrett Cole (Vienna, Austria); Lynford Goddard (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Configurations for in-situ gas detection are provided, and include miniaturized photonic devices, low-optical-loss, guided-wave structures and state-selective adsorption coatings. High quality factor semiconductor resonators have been demonstrated in different configurations, such as micro-disks, micro-rings, micro-toroids, and photonic crystals with the properties of very narrow NIR transmission bands and sensitivity up to 10−9 (change in complex refractive index). The devices are therefore highly sensitive to changes in optical properties to the device parameters and can be tunable to the absorption of the chemical species of interest. Appropriate coatings applied to the device enhance state-specific molecular detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/884716 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/774 (20130101) G01N 2021/396 (20130101) G01N 2021/399 (20130101) G01N 2201/068 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (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 3/1053 (20130101) H01S 3/1055 (20130101) H01S 3/08059 (20130101) H01S 5/10 (20130101) H01S 5/0028 (20130101) H01S 5/18366 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 2302/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09880124 | Gilliam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Moss landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan J. Gilliam (San Jose, California); Hong Zhao (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods that relate to use of ultramicroelectrodes (UME) in measurement of ion concentration in presence of one or more organic compound(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/937751 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/49 (20130101) G01N 27/401 (20130101) G01N 33/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/255 (20150115) |
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| US 09880144 | Sahu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saroj Sahu (Fremont, California); Craig Eldershaw (Belmont, California); Vedasri Vedharathinam (San Jose, California); Divyaraj Desai (San Jose, California); Jessica Louis Baker Rivest (Palo Alto, California); Ranjeet Rao (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an electrochemical probe system and an electrical excitation method, used to identify the composition of metals and alloys. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/576309 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/308 (20130101) G01N 27/416 (20130101) G01N 33/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880173 | Brenowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC (Bronx, New York); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Brenowitz (Chappaqua, New York); Matt Law (Irvine, California); Michelle Khine (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are hydroxyl radial generating devices, comprising: a substrate layer; and a pyrite layer configured to produce hydroxyl radicals. Another aspect relates to a method for producing a hydroxyl radical generating device, comprising: providing a polymeric substrate layer; placing a layer of pyrite on a surface of the polymeric substrate layer to form a multi-layer structure; and applying heat to the multi-layer structure such that at least the surface of the polymeric substrate layer contracts; wherein the layer of pyrite contracts to a lesser extent than the surface of the polymeric substrate layer providing a textured surface comprising the pyrite layer. Also disclosed is a method of analysis, comprising: placing a solution comprising a biological substance on a sample site of a hydroxyl generating device comprising a surface of pyrite; incubating the solution; and analyzing a sample including proteolytic fragments of the biological substance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/980408 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880300 | Rowland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S Rowland (Alamo, California); Neal J Snyderman (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detector system for discriminating fissile material from non-fissile material wherein a digital data acquisition unit collects data at high rate, and in real-time processes large volumes of data directly to count neutrons from the unknown source and detecting excess grouped neutrons to identify fission in the unknown source. The system includes a Poisson neutron generator for in-beam interrogation of a possible fissile neutron source and a DC power supply that exhibits electrical ripple on the order of less than one part per million. Certain voltage multiplier circuits, such as Cockroft-Walton voltage multipliers, are used to enhance the effective of series resistor-inductor circuits components to reduce the ripple associated with traditional AC rectified, high voltage DC power supplies. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/213502 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/005 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880440 | Snow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); e-Chromic Technologies, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); e-Chromic Technologies, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Snow (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Judith McFadden (Broomfield, Colorado); Robert Tenent (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochromic device may be switchable between a transparent state and at least one reflective state. A lithium-containing reflective feature may form when the electrochromic device is switched from the transparent state to the reflective state. Various products and methods may involve the electrochromic device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769529 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 9/24 (20130101) E06B 2009/2464 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/153 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1506 (20130101) |
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| US 09881699 | Shaefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Shahram Shaefer (Camarillo, California); Nasr M. Ghoniem (Los Angeles, California); Brian Williams (Camarillo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Ultramet (Pacoima, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Shahram Shaefer (Camarillo, California); Nasr M. Ghoniem (Los Angeles, California); Brian Williams (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a cellular tritium breeder component includes obtaining a reticulated carbon foam skeleton comprising a network of interconnected ligaments. The foam skeleton is then melt-infiltrated with a tritium breeder material, for example, lithium zirconate or lithium titanate. The foam skeleton is then removed to define a cellular breeder component having a network of interconnected tritium purge channels. In an embodiment the ligaments of the foam skeleton are enlarged by adding carbon using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) prior to melt-infiltration. In an embodiment the foam skeleton is coated with a refractory material, for example, tungsten, prior to melt infiltration. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486938 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/32 (20130101) Fusion Reactors G21B 1/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/128 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24997 (20150401) |
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| US 09881703 | Liszkai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUSCALE POWER, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tamas Liszkai (Corvallis, Oregon); Seth Cadell (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for attenuating seismic forces includes a reactor pressure vessel containing nuclear fuel and a containment vessel that houses the reactor pressure vessel. Both the reactor pressure vessel and the containment vessel include a bottom head. Additionally, the system includes a base support to contact a support surface on which the containment vessel is positioned in a substantially vertical orientation. An attenuation device is located between the bottom head of the reactor pressure vessel and the bottom head of the containment vessel. Seismic forces that travel from the base support to the reactor pressure vessel via the containment vessel are attenuated by the attenuation device in a direction that is substantially lateral to the vertical orientation of the containment vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/528123 |
| 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 1/322 (20130101) G21C 5/10 (20130101) G21C 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 13/024 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09881704 | Harris |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUSCALE POWER, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott G. Harris (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for draining a containment vessel may include a drain inlet located in a lower portion of the containment vessel. The containment vessel may be at least partially filled with a liquid, and the drain inlet may be located below a surface of the liquid. The system may further comprise an inlet located in an upper portion of the containment vessel. The inlet may be configured to insert pressurized gas into the containment vessel to form a pressurized region above the surface of the liquid, and the pressurized region may operate to apply a surface pressure that forces the liquid into the drain inlet. Additionally, a fluid separation device may be operatively connected to the drain inlet. The fluid separation device may be configured to separate the liquid from the pressurized gas that enters the drain inlet after the surface of the liquid falls below the drain inlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/607968 |
| 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 13/022 (20130101) G21C 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09881708 | Vencelj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jozef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia); AISense d.o.o. (Podsreda, Slovenia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matjaz Vencelj (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Toni Petrovic (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Jonathan S. Morrell (Farragut, Tennessee); Andrej Kosicek (Podsreda, Slovenia) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation area monitor device/method, utilizing: a radiation sensor; a rotating radiation shield disposed about the radiation sensor, wherein the rotating radiation shield defines one or more ports that are transparent to radiation; and a processor operable for analyzing and storing a radiation fingerprint acquired by the radiation sensor as the rotating radiation shield is rotated about the radiation sensor. Optionally, the radiation sensor includes a gamma and/or neutron radiation sensor. The device/method selectively operates in: a first supervised mode during which a baseline radiation fingerprint is acquired by the radiation sensor as the rotating radiation shield is rotated about the radiation sensor; and a second unsupervised mode during which a subsequent radiation fingerprint is acquired by the radiation sensor as the rotating radiation shield is rotated about the radiation sensor, wherein the subsequent radiation fingerprint is compared to the baseline radiation fingerprint and, if a predetermined difference threshold is exceeded, an alert is issued. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/485373 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/16 (20130101) G01T 3/00 (20130101) G01T 7/125 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09881723 | Jaski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Jaski (Palos Park, Illinois); Jie Liu (Naperville, Illinois); Aric T. Donnelly (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Joshua S. Downey (Montgomery, Illinois); Jeremy J. Nudell (Forest Park, Illinois); Animesh Jain (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Jaski (Palos Park, Illinois); Jie Liu (Naperville, Illinois); Aric T. Donnelly (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Joshua S. Downey (Montgomery, Illinois); Jeremy J. Nudell (Forest Park, Illinois); Animesh Jain (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an alternative to the standard 2-piece or 4-piece quadrupole. For example, an 8-piece and a 10-piece quadrupole are provided whereby the tips of each pole may be adjustable. Also provided is a method for producing a quadrupole using standard machining techniques but which results in a final tolerance accuracy of the resulting construct which is better than that obtained using standard machining techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/406437 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 41/0253 (20130101) |
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| US 09881849 | Maples et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING and TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle W. Maples (Kansas City, Missouri); Daniel J. Ewing (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit and method of forming the integrated circuit, including the steps of forming channels partially into a thickness of a semiconductor layer or through the thickness of the semiconductor layer and partially through a thickness of a substrate layer on which the semiconductor layer was formed. The method may then include underfilling or overfilling the channels with diamond. If underfilled, a remainder of the channels may be filled in with nucleation buffer layers or additional semiconductor material. If overfilled, the diamond may be selectively polished down to form a planar surface with the semiconductor layer. Next, the method may include forming an active device layer over the semiconductor material and diamond. The method may also include thinning the substrate layer down to the diamond and then placing a heat sink in physical contact with the diamond in the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/399333 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02115 (20130101) H01L 21/02271 (20130101) H01L 21/4871 (20130101) H01L 21/4882 (20130101) H01L 21/31051 (20130101) H01L 21/31111 (20130101) H01L 23/535 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/157 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/0607 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09881999 | Majumdar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488310 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/107 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0245 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 21/02653 (20130101) H01L 24/45 (20130101) H01L 29/12 (20130101) H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/125 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 35/00 (20130101) H01L 41/18 (20130101) H01L 41/094 (20130101) H01L 41/183 (20130101) H01L 2224/48 (20130101) H01L 2224/45565 (20130101) H01L 2224/45599 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00011 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/0101 (20130101) H01L 2924/0103 (20130101) H01L 2924/0106 (20130101) H01L 2924/01004 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01015 (20130101) H01L 2924/01018 (20130101) H01L 2924/01019 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/01023 (20130101) H01L 2924/01024 (20130101) H01L 2924/01025 (20130101) H01L 2924/01027 (20130101) H01L 2924/01028 (20130101) H01L 2924/01031 (20130101) H01L 2924/01032 (20130101) H01L 2924/01039 (20130101) H01L 2924/01047 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) H01L 2924/01052 (20130101) H01L 2924/01058 (20130101) H01L 2924/01061 (20130101) H01L 2924/01068 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01075 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01078 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/01083 (20130101) H01L 2924/01084 (20130101) H01L 2924/1305 (20130101) H01L 2924/1305 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/04953 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10329 (20130101) H01L 2924/12036 (20130101) H01L 2924/12036 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/13062 (20130101) H01L 2924/13062 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) H01L 2924/19042 (20130101) H01L 2924/19043 (20130101) H01L 2924/30107 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/341 (20130101) H01S 5/3412 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/763 (20130101) Y10S 977/764 (20130101) Y10S 977/765 (20130101) Y10S 977/951 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/29 (20150115) Y10T 428/292 (20150115) Y10T 428/298 (20150115) Y10T 428/2913 (20150115) Y10T 428/2916 (20150115) Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) Y10T 428/2958 (20150115) Y10T 428/2973 (20150115) Y10T 428/24994 (20150401) Y10T 428/249949 (20150401) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angshuman Nag (Pune, India); Dmitri V. Talapin (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angshuman Nag (Pune, India); Dmitri V. Talapin (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an isolable colloidal particle comprising a nanoparticle and an inorganic capping agent bound to the surface of the nanoparticle, a method for making the same in a biphasic solvent mixture, and the formation of structures and solids from the isolable colloidal particle. The process can yield photovoltaic cells, piezoelectric crystals, thermoelectric layers, optoelectronic layers, light emitting diodes, ferroelectric layers, thin film transistors, floating gate memory devices, phase change layers, and sensor devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117070 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0034 (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) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/12 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0669 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101) Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
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| US 09882108 | Urban et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey J. Urban (Emeryville, California); Jared Lynch (Fremont, California); Nelson Coates (Oakland, California); Jason Forster (Berkeley, California); Ayaskanta Sahu (Berkeley, California); Michael Chabinyc (Santa Barbara, California); Boris Russ (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Urban (Emeryville, California); Jared Lynch (Fremont, California); Nelson Coates (Oakland, California); Jason Forster (Berkeley, California); Ayaskanta Sahu (Berkeley, California); Michael Chabinyc (Santa Barbara, California); Boris Russ (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to thermoelectric materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of nanostructures. The plurality of nanostructures comprise a thermoelectric material, with each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures having first ligands disposed on a surface of the nanostructure. The plurality of nanostructures is mixed with a solution containing second ligands and a ligand exchange process occurs in which the first ligands disposed on the plurality of nanostructures are replaced with the second ligands. The plurality of nanostructures is deposited on a substrate to form a layer. The layer is thermally annealed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254412 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) C09D 5/24 (20130101) C09D 5/26 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/02 (20130101) H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09882113 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rupert M. Lewis (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of gallium beam lithography to form superconductive structures. Generally, the method includes exposing a surface to gallium to form an implanted region and then removing material adjacent to and/or below that implanted region. In particular embodiments, the methods herein provide microstructures and nanostructures in any useful substrate, such as those including niobium, tantalum, tungsten, or titanium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742505 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 12/02 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/21 (20130101) H01J 37/3056 (20130101) H01J 2237/213 (20130101) H01J 2237/3175 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) H01L 39/125 (20130101) H01L 39/223 (20130101) H01L 39/249 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/2406 (20130101) H01L 39/2409 (20130101) H01L 39/2416 (20130101) H01L 39/2493 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynden A. Archer (Ithaca, New York); Jayaprakash Navaneedhakrishnan (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynden A. Archer (Ithaca, New York); Jayaprakash Navaneedhakrishnan (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfur containing nanoparticles that may be used within cathode electrodes within lithium ion batteries include in a first instance porous carbon shape materials (i.e., either nanoparticle shapes or “bulk” shapes that are subsequently ground to nanoparticle shapes) that are infused with a sulfur material. A synthetic route to these carbon and sulfur containing nanoparticles may use a template nanoparticle to form a hollow carbon shape shell, and subsequent dissolution of the template nanoparticle prior to infusion of the hollow carbon shape shell with a sulfur material. Sulfur infusion into other porous carbon shapes that are not hollow is also contemplated. A second type of sulfur containing nanoparticle includes a metal oxide material core upon which is located a shell layer that includes a vulcanized polymultiene polymer material and ion conducting polymer material. The foregoing sulfur containing nanoparticle materials provide the electrodes and lithium ion batteries with enhanced performance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884314 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — 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 4/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/137 (20130101) H01M 4/139 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/663 (20130101) H01M 4/664 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/1399 (20130101) H01M 10/39 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/3909 (20130101) |
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| US 09882215 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Jose Antonio Bautista-Martinez (Mesa, Arizona); Cody Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Elise Switzer (Napa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed technology relates generally to devices comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to electrochemical devices comprising self-compensating conductive polymers. In one aspect, electrochemical energy storage device comprises a negative electrode comprising an active material including a redox-active polymer. The device additionally comprises a positive electrode comprising an active material including a redox-active polymer. The device further comprises an electrolyte material interposed between the negative electrode and positive electrode and configured to conduct mobile counterions therethrough between the negative electrode and positive electrode. At least one of the negative electrode redox-active polymer and the positive electrode redox-active polymer comprises a zwitterionic polymer unit configured to reversibly switch between a zwitterionic state in which the zwitterionic polymer unit has first and second charge centers having opposite charge states that compensate each other, and a non-zwitterionic state in which the zwitterionic polymer unit has one of the first and second charge centers whose charge state is compensated by mobile counterions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/710509 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 75/06 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/606 (20130101) H01M 4/608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09882222 | Kuttiyiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurian Abraham Kuttiyiel (New Hyde Park, New York); Kotaro Sasaki (Hauppauge, New York); Radoslav R. Adzic (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitride stabilized metal nanoparticles and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment the metal nanoparticles have a continuous and nonporous noble metal shell with a nitride-stabilized non-noble metal core. The nitride-stabilized core provides a stabilizing effect under high oxidizing conditions suppressing the noble metal dissolution during potential cycling. The nitride stabilized nanoparticles may be fabricated by a process in which a core is coated with a shell layer that encapsulates the entire core. Introduction of nitrogen into the core by annealing produces metal nitride(s) that are less susceptible to dissolution during potential cycling under high oxidizing conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554583 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/923 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/8657 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) |
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| US 09882245 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiao-Guang Sun (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chen Liao (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Bingkun Guo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Alkoxide magnesium halide compounds having the formula: RO—Mg—X (1) wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group that is unsubstituted, or alternatively, substituted with one or more heteroatom linkers and/or one or more heteroatom-containing groups comprising at least one heteroatom selected from fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and silicon; and X is a halide atom. Also described are electrolyte compositions containing a compound of Formula (1) in a suitable polar aprotic or ionic solvent, as well as magnesium batteries in which such electrolytes are incorporated. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974566 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/46 (20130101) H01M 4/381 (20130101) H01M 4/581 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 09882524 | Al-Haddad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Radiance Solar, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Radiance Solar, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tristan Farris Al-Haddad (Clarkson, Georgia); Andrés Cavieres (Atlanta, Georgia); Russell Gentry (Decatur, Georgia); Joseph Goodman (Atlanta, Georgia); Wade Nolan (Birmingham, Georgia); Taylor Pitelka (Atlanta, Georgia); Keyan Rahimzadeh (Atlanta, Georgia); Bradley Brooks (Atlanta, Georgia); Joshua Lohr (Atlanta, Georgia); Ryan Crooks (Atlanta, Georgia); Jamie Porges (Atlanta, Georgia); Daniel Rubin (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a solar panel truss mounting system comprising a base and a truss assembly coupled to the base. The truss assembly comprises a first panel rail mount, second panel rail mount parallel to the first panel rail mount, base rail mount parallel to the first and second panel rail mounts, and a plurality of support members. A first portion of the plurality of support members extends between the first and second panel rail mounts. A second portion of the plurality of support members extends between the first panel rail mount and the base rail mount. A third portion of the plurality of support members extends between the second panel rail mount and the base rail mount. The system can further comprise a plurality of connectors for coupling a plurality of photovoltaic solar panels to the truss assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/069326 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Kitchen Equipment; Coffee Mills; Spice Mills; Apparatus for Making Beverages A47J 47/16 (20130101) General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/19 (20130101) E04B 2001/193 (20130101) E04B 2001/1957 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 3/02 (20130101) Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 11/00 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/523 (20130101) F24J 2/525 (20130101) F24J 2/526 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) H02S 20/10 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H02S 20/30 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09882801 | Archer 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 J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Todd A. Inglett (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for providing full point-to-point communications among compute nodes of an operational group in a global combining network of a parallel computer, each compute node connected to each adjacent compute node in the global combining network through a link, that include: receiving a network packet in a compute node, the network packet specifying a destination compute node; selecting, in dependence upon the destination compute node, at least one of the links for the compute node along which to forward the network packet toward the destination compute node; and forwarding the network packet along the selected link to the adjacent compute node connected to the compute node through the selected link. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778581 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/173 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09883576 | Kovaleski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Kovaleski (Columbia, Missouri); Brady B. Gall (Columbia, Missouri); Andrew L. Benwell (Columbia, Missouri); Peter Norgard (Columbia, Missouri); James Vangordon (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-power, compact piezoelectric particle emitter for emitting particles such as X-rays and neutrons. A piezoelectric transformer crystal receives an input voltage at an input end and generates a higher output voltage at an output electrode disposed at an output end. The emitter is in a vacuum and the output voltage creates an electric field. A charged particle source is positioned relative a target such that charged particles from the charged particle source are accelerated by the electric field toward the target. Interaction between the accelerated charged particles and the target causes one of X-rays and neutrons to be emitted. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/898438 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/06 (20130101) H01J 35/14 (20130101) H01J 35/065 (20130101) H01J 2235/02 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 1/06 (20130101) H05G 1/10 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 2001/2481 (20130101) |
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| US 09877920 | DeSimone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. DeSimone (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jason P. Rolland (Belmont, Massachusetts); Benjamin W. Maynor (Durham, North Carolina); Larken E. Euliss (Agoura Hills, California); Ginger Denison Rothrock (Durham, North Carolina); Ansley E. Dennis (Augusta, Georgia); Edward T. Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); R. Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter describes the use of fluorinated elastomer-based materials, in particular perfluoropolyether (PFPE)-based materials, in high-resolution soft or imprint lithographic applications, such as micro- and nanoscale replica molding, and the first nano-contact molding of organic materials to generate high fidelity features using an elastomeric mold. Accordingly, the presently disclosed subject matter describes a method for producing free-standing, isolated nanostructures of any shape using soft or imprint lithography technique. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658386 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/0097 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0085 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0004 (20130101) H01L 51/0021 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/3154 (20150401) Y10T 428/24273 (20150115) Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) |
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| US 09878049 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gang Cheng (Fairlawn, Ohio); Qiong Tang (Tallmadge, Ohio); Bin Cao (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Cheng (Fairlawn, Ohio); Qiong Tang (Tallmadge, Ohio); Bin Cao (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A high drug loading system is described comprising of at least one anticancer drug; at least one peptide; and at least one nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/510442 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/59 (20170801) A61K 47/645 (20170801) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09878306 | Qin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Qin (Atlanta, Georgia); Younan Xia (Atlanta, Georgia); Yin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Jumei Li (Atlanta, Georgia); Xiaojun Sun (Atlanta, Georgia); Robson Rosa da Silva (Inhumas Goiás, Brazil); Miaoxin Yang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for silver nanowires, methods of making silver nanowires, core-shell nanostructures, methods of making core-shell nanostructures, core-frame nanostructures, methods of making core-frame nanostructures, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858283 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/06 (20130101) B01J 35/008 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 35/023 (20130101) B01J 35/026 (20130101) B01J 37/16 (20130101) B01J 37/0219 (20130101) B01J 37/0225 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 9/26 (20130101) B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 1/02 (20130101) C23F 1/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09879044 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Hill (Pasadena, California); Andrew Udit (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods, compositions and kits utilizing heterogeneous metal catalysts for the preparation of cycloaddition compounds, such as triazoles and biomolecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/168911 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 31/08 (20130101) B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 37/16 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879051 | Nomura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Syracuse, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher T. Nomura (Syracuse, New York); Benjamin R. Lundgren (Nampa, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic peptide includes an amino acid sequence that: has 70-75%, 75-80%, 80-85%, 85-90%, 90-95% or 95-100% homology with an RpoN box of Region III of an RpoN protein; and binds specifically to a −24, −12, or −24/−12 site(s) of an RpoN promoter. The synthetic peptide is effective for repressing transcription and/or gene expression from a binding site of interest, and the binding site of interest is an RpoN binding site or a cryptic promoter upstream of an RpoN binding site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/175589 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 37/46 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1247 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (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 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 09879224 | Chan 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); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Chan (Davis, California); Deborah Lieu (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for isolation of a stem-cell derived differentiated cell, which method entails illuminating an incident light onto a plurality of stem-cell derived cells that comprise at least an undifferentiated cell and a differentiated cell possessing a noncentrosymmetric structure, wherein the differentiated cell generates second-harmonic light from the incident light; and isolating the differentiated cell identified by the second-harmonic light. Devices for carrying out the methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354067 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/636 (20130101) |
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| US 09879252 | Delisa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew P. Delisa (Ithaca, New York); Lydia Contreras-Martinez (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew P. Delisa (Ithaca, New York); Lydia Contreras-Martinez (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of identifying a protein that binds to a target molecule and has intracellular functionality. This method includes providing a construct comprising a deoxyribonucleic acid molecule encoding the protein which binds to the target molecule, with the deoxyribonucleic acid molecule being coupled to a stall sequence. A host cell is transformed with the construct and then cultured under conditions effective to form, within the host cell, a complex of the protein whose translation has been stalled, the mRNA encoding the protein, and ribosomes. The protein in the complex is in a properly folded, active form and the complex is recovered from the cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/671446 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879270 | Hittinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Todd Hittinger (Madison, Wisconsin); William Gerald Alexander (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are constructs for genome editing or genetic engineering in fungi or protists, methods of using the constructs and media for use in selecting cells. The construct include a polynucleotide encoding a thymidine kinase operably connected to a promoter, suitably a constitutive promoter; a polynucleotide encoding an endonuclease operably connected to an inducible promoter; and a recognition site for the endonuclease. The constructs may also include selectable markers for use in selecting recombinations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/826566 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/045 (20130101) |
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| US 09879273 | Jander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georg Jander (Ithaca, New York); Tengfang Huang (Ithaca, New York); Vijay Joshi (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for increasing methionine content in plants are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/657724 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09879310 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Shankar Balasubramanian (Acton, Massachusetts); Daniel Kagan (Westfield, New Jersey); Susana Campuzano-Ruiz (Madrid, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Shankar Balasubramanian (Acton, Massachusetts); Daniel Kagan (Westfield, New Jersey); Susana Campuzano-Ruiz (Madrid, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, systems, devices and materials are disclosed for capturing, isolating and transporting target biomolecules and living organisms. In one aspect, a device includes a tube structured to include a large opening and a small opening that are on opposite ends of the tube, and a tube body connecting the openings and having a cross section spatially reducing in size from the large opening to the small opening, in which the tube includes a layered wall including an inner layer having a catalyst material that is reactive with a fuel fluid to produce bubbles exiting the tube from the large opening to propel the tube to move in the fuel fluid and an external layer formed of a material capable of being functionalized, and a molecular layer functionalized onto the external layer of the tube and structured to attach to a targeted molecule in the fuel fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/983034 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/3885 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) B01J 20/32 (20130101) B01J 2220/4812 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 1/268 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6834 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/10 (20130101) G01N 33/544 (20130101) G01N 33/5436 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) |
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| US 09880122 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung Hee Ko (Gyungbuk, South Korea); Sung Jae Kim (Melrose, Massachusetts); Jongyoon Han (Bedford, Massachusetts); HiongYap Gan (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical system with reduced limiting-current behavior is disclosed. The electrochemical system is useful for fuel cells and bio-sensors. In part, the invention relates a method of reducing or eliminating limiting-current behavior in the operation electrochemical systems, in particular those with ion-selective membrane or electrochemical electrodes, by spatially reducing the convection near the membrane or the electrode. The invention further relates to electrochemical systems in which micropores, microarrays or pillar arrays are used to reduce convection in comparison to conventional systems without microarrays, micropores or pillar arrays. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267336 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/026 (20130101) H01M 8/1097 (20130101) H01M 2250/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09880137 | Lim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sung H. Lim (Mountain View, California); Christopher J. Musto (Champaign, Illinois); Liang Feng (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan W. Kemling (Urbana, Illinois); Kenneth S. Suslick (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung H. Lim (Mountain View, California); Christopher J. Musto (Champaign, Illinois); Liang Feng (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan W. Kemling (Urbana, Illinois); Kenneth S. Suslick (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A colorimetric array includes a substrate, a first spot on the substrate, and a second spot on the substrate. The first spot includes a first nanoporous pigment that includes a first nanoporous material and a first immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The second spot includes a second nanoporous pigment that includes a second nanoporous material and a second immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The first nanoporous pigment is different from the second nanoporous pigment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552899 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/253 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880173 | Brenowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC (Bronx, New York); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Brenowitz (Chappaqua, New York); Matt Law (Irvine, California); Michelle Khine (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are hydroxyl radial generating devices, comprising: a substrate layer; and a pyrite layer configured to produce hydroxyl radicals. Another aspect relates to a method for producing a hydroxyl radical generating device, comprising: providing a polymeric substrate layer; placing a layer of pyrite on a surface of the polymeric substrate layer to form a multi-layer structure; and applying heat to the multi-layer structure such that at least the surface of the polymeric substrate layer contracts; wherein the layer of pyrite contracts to a lesser extent than the surface of the polymeric substrate layer providing a textured surface comprising the pyrite layer. Also disclosed is a method of analysis, comprising: placing a solution comprising a biological substance on a sample site of a hydroxyl generating device comprising a surface of pyrite; incubating the solution; and analyzing a sample including proteolytic fragments of the biological substance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/980408 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880312 | Slater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ONTASH and ERMAC, INC. (River Edge, New Jersey); RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ONTASH and ERMAC, INC. (River Edge, New Jersey); RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Slater (Portland, Maine); Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis (River Edge, New Jersey); Frank Curatola (River Edge, New Jersey); Dean Pappas (Hamilton Square, New Jersey); Donald V. Le Roy (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Konstantin Evdokimov (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for spectral induced polarization measurement of a formation is provided. The system provides an intelligent module to be utilized in performing spectral induced polarization (SIP) measurements for geophysical studies or otherwise. The system includes a instrument that includes a housing configured to be inserted into a surface opening. The housing houses a signal generator that generates an excitation signal. A drive electrode directs the excitation signal into the material adjacent the housing. A plurality of electrodes sense the voltage and/or current in the material adjacent the housing and a processor processes the sensed voltage and/or current to measure a property of the material. The system also provides a configuration in which a plurality of instruments configured for spectral induced polarization measurements are interconnected to provide communication, synchronization, a common reference signal or power. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/085789 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/24 (20130101) G01V 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09880356 | Latawiec 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) | Pawel M. Latawiec (Allston, Massachusetts); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Tapered waveguides made of high-index material attached to a tapered optical fiber are provided, enabling access to the optical modes of large, high-index resonators. In some embodiments, an optical fiber having a central axis, a tapered portion, and an untapered portion is provided. The tapered portion is configured to expose an evanescent field. An elongated waveguide is optically coupled to the optical fiber along the tapered portion and parallel to the central axis of the optical fiber. The elongated waveguide has a substantially triangular cross section perpendicular to the central axis of the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/151304 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/305 (20130101) G02B 6/1228 (20130101) G02B 6/2852 (20130101) G02B 6/29335 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) G02B 6/29341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12038 (20130101) G02B 2006/12111 (20130101) G02B 2006/12152 (20130101) G02B 2006/12195 (20130101) |
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| US 09880393 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hong Koo Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yun-Suk Jung (Clifton Park, New York); Yonggang Xi (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Koo Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yun-Suk Jung (Clifton Park, New York); Yonggang Xi (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical dipole array structure includes a substrate that supports a film, which is not comprised of a negative-index metamaterial. The film includes a plurality of tilt-oriented portions and apertures. At least two of the tilt-oriented portions are separated by an aperture, and the tilt-oriented portions are configured such that incident radiation is redirected into a negative or positive refraction direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811079 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/107 (20130101) B05D 5/06 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) G02B 5/1861 (20130101) G02B 27/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2207/101 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0543 (20141201) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09880796 | Sivakumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raghupathy Sivakumar (Atlanta, Georgia); Sandeep Kakumanu (Atlanta, Georgia); Cheng-Lin Tsao (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghupathy Sivakumar (Atlanta, Georgia); Sandeep Kakumanu (Atlanta, Georgia); Cheng-Lin Tsao (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and computer readable media for automatically converting a non-mobile computer platform application view to a mobile application view for use on a mobile device. The method can include transforming the non-mobile computer platform application view to the mobile application view based at least in part on differences between the-non mobile computer platform and the mobile device, wherein the differences comprise one or more of display capability, associated peripheral devices, bandwidth, or software libraries. The method can also include sending information associated with the transformed application view to the mobile device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/415507 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 2340/145 (20130101) |
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| US 09881355 | Piestun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver, Colorado); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Piestun (Boulder, Colorado); Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani (Pasadena, California); Michael A. Thompson (Orange, California); Julie S. Biteen (Menlo Park, California); William E. Moerner (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention can resolve molecules beyond the optical diffraction limit in three dimensions. A double-helix point spread function can be used to in conjunction with a microscope to provide dual-lobed images of a molecule. Based on the rotation of the dual-lobed image, the axial position of the molecule can be estimated or determined. In some embodiments, the angular rotation of the dual-lobed imaged can be determined using a centroid fit calculation or by finding the midpoints of the centers of the two lobes. Regardless of the technique, the correspondence between the rotation and axial position can be utilized. A double-helix point spread function can also be used to determine the lateral positions of molecules and hence their three-dimensional location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179546 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6456 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/0076 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/12 (20170101) G06T 2207/10064 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09881746 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung Joon Jung (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hyun Young Jung (Malden, Massachusetts); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanically flexible and optically transparent thin film solid state supercapacitors are fabricated by assembling nano-engineered carbon electrodes in porous templates. The electrodes have textured graphitic surface films with a morphology of interconnected arrays of complex shapes and porosity. The graphitic films act as both electrode and current collector, and when integrated with solid polymer electrolyte function as thin film supercapacitors. The nanostructured electrode morphology and conformal electrolyte packaging provide enough energy and power density for electronic devices in addition to possessing excellent mechanical flexibility and optical transparency. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391458 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/48 (20130101) H01G 11/56 (20130101) H01G 11/68 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) |
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| US 09881999 | Majumdar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488310 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/107 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0245 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 21/02653 (20130101) H01L 24/45 (20130101) H01L 29/12 (20130101) H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/125 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 35/00 (20130101) H01L 41/18 (20130101) H01L 41/094 (20130101) H01L 41/183 (20130101) H01L 2224/48 (20130101) H01L 2224/45565 (20130101) H01L 2224/45599 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00011 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/0101 (20130101) H01L 2924/0103 (20130101) H01L 2924/0106 (20130101) H01L 2924/01004 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01015 (20130101) H01L 2924/01018 (20130101) H01L 2924/01019 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/01023 (20130101) H01L 2924/01024 (20130101) H01L 2924/01025 (20130101) H01L 2924/01027 (20130101) H01L 2924/01028 (20130101) H01L 2924/01031 (20130101) H01L 2924/01032 (20130101) H01L 2924/01039 (20130101) H01L 2924/01047 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) H01L 2924/01052 (20130101) H01L 2924/01058 (20130101) H01L 2924/01061 (20130101) H01L 2924/01068 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01075 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01078 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/01083 (20130101) H01L 2924/01084 (20130101) H01L 2924/1305 (20130101) H01L 2924/1305 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/04953 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10329 (20130101) H01L 2924/12036 (20130101) H01L 2924/12036 (20130101) H01L 2924/12041 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/13062 (20130101) H01L 2924/13062 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) H01L 2924/19042 (20130101) H01L 2924/19043 (20130101) H01L 2924/30107 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/341 (20130101) H01S 5/3412 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/763 (20130101) Y10S 977/764 (20130101) Y10S 977/765 (20130101) Y10S 977/951 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/29 (20150115) Y10T 428/292 (20150115) Y10T 428/298 (20150115) Y10T 428/2913 (20150115) Y10T 428/2916 (20150115) Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) Y10T 428/2958 (20150115) Y10T 428/2973 (20150115) Y10T 428/24994 (20150401) Y10T 428/249949 (20150401) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angshuman Nag (Pune, India); Dmitri V. Talapin (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angshuman Nag (Pune, India); Dmitri V. Talapin (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an isolable colloidal particle comprising a nanoparticle and an inorganic capping agent bound to the surface of the nanoparticle, a method for making the same in a biphasic solvent mixture, and the formation of structures and solids from the isolable colloidal particle. The process can yield photovoltaic cells, piezoelectric crystals, thermoelectric layers, optoelectronic layers, light emitting diodes, ferroelectric layers, thin film transistors, floating gate memory devices, phase change layers, and sensor devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/117070 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0034 (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) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/12 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0669 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101) Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
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| US 09882128 | Jurchescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oana Diana Jurchescu (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Peter James Diemer (Mocksville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, organic thin film transistors are described herein. In some embodiments, an organic thin film transistor comprises a source terminal, a drain terminal and a gate terminal; a dielectric layer positioned between the gate terminal and the source and drain terminals; and a vibrationally-assisted drop-cast organic film comprising small molecule semiconductor in electrical communication with the source terminal and drain terminal, wherein the transistor has a carrier mobility (μeff) of at least about 1 cm2/V·s. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/375251 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/0541 (20130101) H01L 51/0545 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) H01L 2251/301 (20130101) H01L 2251/303 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and processes for producing electrochemical devices having well-organized nanostructures or microstructures. In one aspect, the present invention discloses a simple, cheap, and fast nanotechnology-based manufacturing process for fabricating high performance electrodes. The present processing technique is highly versatile and can be applied to diverse materials systems for anode and cathode electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/609547 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/624 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09882419 | Katabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lixin Shi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zachary Edward Kabelac (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for wireless power transfer adapts to changing configuration of receivers, including changes in number of, location and/or orientation of, magnetic coupling to, and load of circuits (e.g., battery charging circuits) of one or more receivers. The adaptation can be performed without interrupting optimal or near-optimal power transfer to the receivers, and can provide a measure of fairness among multiple receivers. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/724156 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 50/12 (20160201) H02J 50/40 (20160201) H02J 50/80 (20160201) |
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| US 09883347 | Merwaday et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvind Merwaday (Miami, Florida); Ismail Guvenc (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvind Merwaday (Miami, Florida); Ismail Guvenc (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for determining a specific velocity of a device attached to a wireless network. The specific velocity can be determined using a handover count of the base station boundary transitions over a time window and/or using a set of sojourn time samples that each denote the duration the device remains in the zone of a particular base station. Techniques operate effectively in cellular networks having high base station densities. The specific velocity estimates may be inputs to components on the device or network to adjust a local device function or performance behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/370213 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/021 (20130101) H04W 4/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 36/32 (20130101) H04W 36/0083 (20130101) H04W 36/0088 (20130101) H04W 72/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09878452 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Davis (Novi, Michigan); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Evan Laske (Webster, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a glove, sensors, actuator assemblies, and controller. The sensors include load sensors which measure an actual grasping force and attitude sensors which determine a glove attitude. The actuator assembly provides a grasp assist force to the glove. Respective locations of work cells in the work environment and permitted work tasks for each work cell are programmed into the controller. The controller detects the glove location and attitude. A work task is selected by the controller for the location. The controller calculates a required grasp assist force using measured actual grasping forces from the load sensors. The required grasp assist force is applied via the glove using the actuator assembly to thereby assist the operator in performing the identified work task. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/739428 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 19/0024 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/6804 (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 2/68 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/19 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/014 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/36 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Graves (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-contained stud adhesive bonding apparatus enables an externally threaded stud to be adhesively attached to a separate surface in an adverse environment for an adhesive, such as the vacuum of space. |
| FILED | Friday, January 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/588482 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 4/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 37/048 (20130101) F16B 47/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09878928 | Muirhead |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Muirhead (Seabrook, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical pretreatments are used to produce usable water by treating a water source with a chemical pretreatment that contains a hexavalent chromium and an acid to generate a treated water source, wherein the concentration of sulfate compounds in the acid is negligible, and wherein the treated water source remains substantially free of precipitates after the addition of the chemical pretreatment. Other methods include reducing the pH in urine to be distilled for potable water extraction by pretreating the urine before distillation with a pretreatment solution comprising one or more acid sources selected from a group consisting of phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid, wherein the urine remains substantially precipitate free after the addition of the pretreatment solution. Another method described comprises a process for reducing precipitation in urine to be processed for water extraction by mixing the urine with a pretreatment solution comprising hexavalent chromium compound and phosphoric acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185028 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/043 (20130101) C02F 1/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/66 (20130101) C02F 1/72 (20130101) |
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| US 09879924 | Quinn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Quinn (Windsor Locks, Connecticut); Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut); James R. O'Coin (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat switch includes a heat sink, a coolant tube, and an actuator. The coolant tube is movable with respect to the heat sink. The actuator couples between the heat sink and the coolant tube and configured to move the coolant tube between a first position and a second position. Heat flow from the coolant tube into the heat sink is greater in the second position than in the first position for enhanced heat transfer from the coolant tube. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163339 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 21/00 (20130101) F28D 2021/0021 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/00 (20130101) F28F 13/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28F 2013/005 (20130101) F28F 2013/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09881747 | Rolin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry D. Rolin (Elkmont, Alabama); Curtis W. Hill (Meridianville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An ink of the formula: 60-80% by weight BaTiO3 particles coated with SiO2; 5-50% by weight high dielectric constant glass; 0.1-5% by weight surfactant; 5-25% by weight solvent; and 5-25% weight organic vehicle. Also a method of manufacturing a capacitor comprising the steps of: heating particles of BaTiO3 for a special heating cycle, under a mixture of 70-96% by volume N2 and 4-30% by volume H2 gas; depositing a film of SiO2 over the particles; mechanically separating the particles; incorporating them into the above described ink formulation; depositing the ink on a substrate; and heating at 850-900° C. for less than 5 minutes and allowing the ink and substrate to cool to ambient in N2 atmosphere. Also a dielectric made by: heating particles of BaTiO3 for a special heating cycle, under a mixture of 70-96% by volume N2 and 4-30% by volume H2 gas; depositing a film of SiO2 over the particles; mechanically separating the particles; forming them into a layer; and heating at 850-900° C. for less than 5 minutes and allowing the layer to cool to ambient in N2 atmosphere. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/010884 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/64 (20130101) C04B 35/638 (20130101) C04B 35/4682 (20130101) C04B 35/6264 (20130101) C04B 35/6268 (20130101) C04B 35/6303 (20130101) C04B 35/62222 (20130101) C04B 35/62807 (20130101) C04B 35/62813 (20130101) C04B 35/62884 (20130101) C04B 35/62897 (20130101) C04B 2235/36 (20130101) C04B 2235/96 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3217 (20130101) C04B 2235/3236 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/1227 (20130101) H01G 11/56 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09882402 — Rechargeable battery auto-cycler requiring lower power and dissipating reduced waste heat
| US 09882402 | Hanson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlote, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas David Hanson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery charger system includes a power supply and a switch connected to the power supply wherein the switch has a first switch half and a second switch half. First and second batteries are selectively connected to the power supply via the switch. The first and second switch halves are moved between a plurality of operational positions to fully charge the first battery, discharge the first battery into the second battery, discharge the second battery into the first battery, and fully charge the second battery. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/707102 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) H02J 7/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/0026 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09877421 | Brensinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Green Heron Tools, LLC (New Tripoli, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Green Heron Tools, LLC (New Tripoli, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Brensinger (New Tripoli, Pennsylvania); Ann Adams (New Tripoli, Pennsylvania); Robert L. Wrye (Madera, Pennsylvania); Aaron M. Yoder (Plattsmouth, Nebraska); H. J. Sommer (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for tilling ground material are provided. According to one embodiment, a tiller system is provided comprising two coiled conical blades that penetrate ground material to provide both forward propulsion and tillage of the ground material. An operator of the tiller system can adjust the angle at which the coiled conical blades penetrate the ground material to achieve an optimal balance of forward propulsion, stability, and tillage of the ground material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/760363 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Soil Working in Agriculture or Forestry; Parts, Details, or Accessories of Agricultural Machines or Implements, in General A01B 33/04 (20130101) A01B 33/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01B 33/087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09878973 | Bredsguard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIOSYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jakob Bredsguard (Lake Forest, California); Jeremy Forest (Honolulu, Hawaii); Travis Thompson (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are processes for preparing estolides and estolide base oils from fatty acid reactants utilizing catalysts. Further provided herein are processes for preparing carboxylic esters from at least one carboxylic acid reactant and at least one olefin. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/143884 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/02 (20130101) C07C 67/48 (20130101) C07C 67/54 (20130101) C07C 67/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 69/34 (20130101) C07C 69/604 (20130101) C07C 69/675 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 105/34 (20130101) C10M 105/36 (20130101) C10M 107/32 (20130101) C10M 2207/286 (20130101) C10M 2207/2825 (20130101) C10M 2209/1023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/10 (20130101) C10N 2220/022 (20130101) C10N 2220/023 (20130101) C10N 2220/024 (20130101) C10N 2220/027 (20130101) C10N 2220/028 (20130101) C10N 2230/02 (20130101) C10N 2230/64 (20130101) C10N 2240/04 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/00 (20130101) C11C 3/003 (20130101) C11C 3/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09879271 | Rakotondrafara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aurelie Mamisoa Rakotondrafara (Madison, Wisconsin); Jincan Zhang (Jining shi, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the expression of one or more coding sequences are provided which use an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV) to facilitate translation and expression of a polypeptide from an mRNA strand. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/593700 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/82 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09880995 | Chaski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carole E. Chaski (Georgetown, Delaware) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Carole E. Chaski (Georgetown, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A method uses linguistic units of analysis to identify the authorship of a document. The method is useful to determine authorship of brief documents, and in situations where there are less than ten documents per known author, i.e. when there is scarcity of text. The method analyzes parameters such as the syntax, punctuation, and, optionally the average word and paragraph length, and when the parameters are analyzed using statistical methods, obtains a high degree of reliability (>90% accuracy). The method can be applicable to numerous languages other than English because the variables selected are characteristic of most languages. The reliability of the method is verified when subjected to a cross-validation statistical analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398728 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/271 (20130101) G06F 17/2705 (20130101) G06F 17/2765 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30707 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09879544 | Waldman 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 Waldman (Chandler, Arizona); Mark C. Morris (Phoenix, Arizona); Malak Fouad Malak (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine rotor blade is provided for a turbine section of an engine. The turbine rotor blade includes a platform and an airfoil extending from the platform into a mainstream gas path of the turbine section. The airfoil includes a first side wall; a second side wall joined to the first side wall at a leading edge and a trailing edge; a tip cap extending between the first side wall and the second side wall; a first parapet wall extending from the first side wall; and a first cooling hole through the tip cap and the first parapet wall configured to deliver cooling air. The first cooling hole has a closed channel section and an open channel section. The open channel section forms a slot. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055521 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/20 (20130101) F01D 5/147 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/00 (20130101) F05D 2260/20 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49341 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09878090 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy (Madison, Alabama); Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio); Yi Wang (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A micropump that pumps liquid using electrothermally-induced flow is described, along with a corresponding self-regulating pump and infusion pump. The micropump has applications in microfluidic systems, such as biochips. The self-regulating infusion pump is useful for administration of large and small volumes of liquids such as drugs to patients and can be designed for a wide range of flow rates by combining multiple micropumps in one infusion pump system. The micropump uses electrode sequences on opposing surfaces of a flow chamber that are staggered with respect to each other. The opposing surfaces include staggered electrodes that have the same phase and same electrode sequence. As such electrodes with the same phase are staggered and not eclipsed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971715 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/14244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/0244 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0079 (20130101) B01F 13/0081 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 99/00 (20130101) B01L 2300/1833 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0442 (20130101) B01L 2400/0493 (20130101) B01L 2400/0496 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 7/0064 (20130101) B08B 9/00 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/006 (20130101) F04B 19/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2030/0035 (20130101) G01N 2030/0065 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09880230 | Hoff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clean Power Research, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Hoff (Napa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented system and method for inferring operational specifications of a photovoltaic power generation system using net load is provided. Photovoltaic plant configuration specifications can be accurately inferred with net load data and measured solar resource data. A time series of net load data is evaluated to identify, if possible, a time period with preferably minimum and consistent power consumption. Power generation data is simulated for a range of hypothetical photovoltaic system configurations based on a normalized solar power simulation model. Net load data is estimated based on a base load and, if applicable, any binary loads and any variable loads. The set of key parameters corresponding to the net load estimate that minimizes total squared error represents the inferred specifications of the photovoltaic plant configuration. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224018 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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