FedInvent™ Patents
Patent Details for Tuesday, February 27, 2018
This page was updated on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 05:29 AM GMT
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 09901079 | Bar-Sagi et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Dafna Bar-Sagi (New York, New York); Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta (New York, New York); Kyoung Eun Lee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dafna Bar-Sagi (New York, New York); Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta (New York, New York); Kyoung Eun Lee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting tumor growth in a subject. The present invention is further directed to methods of diagnosing cancer in a subject and identifying a suitable course of treatment for the subject based on the diagnosis. The present invention is also directed to an orthotopic animal model of pancreatic cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/239503 |
| 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 67/0271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/243 (20130101) C07K 16/2815 (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) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901082 | Flavell et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Till Strowig (Braunschweig, Germany); Markus G. Manz (Zollikon, Switzerland); Chiara Borsotti (New York Bronxville, New York); Madhav Dhodapkar (New Haven, Connecticut); Andrew J. Murphy (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Sean Stevens (San Diego, California); George D. Yancopoulos (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Genetically modified non-human animals are provided that may be used to model human hematopoietic cell development, function, or disease. The genetically modified non-human animals comprise a nucleic acid encoding human IL-6 operably linked to an IL-6 promoter. In some instances, the genetically modified non-human animal expressing human IL-6 also expresses at least one of human M-CSF, human IL-3, human GM-CSF, human SIRPa or human TPO. In some instances, the genetically modified non-human animal is immunodeficient. In some such instances, the genetically modified non-human animal is engrafted with healthy or diseased human hematopoietic cells. Also provided are methods for using the subject genetically modified non-human animals in modeling human hematopoietic cell development, function, and/or disease, as well as reagents and kits thereof that find use in making the subject genetically modified non-human animals and/or practicing the subject methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/072626 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 67/0278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/072 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/01 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0008 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/535 (20130101) C07K 14/5403 (20130101) C07K 14/5412 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901256 | Seibel et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Seibel (Seattle, Washington); Liang Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Richard S. Johnston (Sammamish, Washington); Charles D. Melville (Camano Island, Washington); Leonard Nelson (Seattle, Washington); Cameron M. Lee (Seattle, Washington); Joel Berg (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for detecting early stage dental caries and decays are provided. In particular, in an embodiment, laser-induced autofluorescence (AF) from multiple excitation wavelengths is obtained and analyzed. Endogenous fluorophores residing in the enamel naturally fluoresce when illuminated by wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet into the visible spectrum. The relative intensities of the AF emission changes between different excitation wavelengths when the enamel changes from healthy to demineralized. By taking a ratio of AF emission spectra integrals between different excitation wavelengths, a standard is created wherein changes in AF ratios within a tooth are quantified and serve as indicators of early stage enamel demineralization. The techniques described herein may be used in conjunction with a scanning fiber endoscope (SFE) to provide a reliable, safe and low-cost means for identifying dental caries or decays. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/372388 |
| ART UNIT | 3732 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/015 (20130101) A61B 1/00096 (20130101) A61B 1/00142 (20130101) A61B 1/247 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4547 (20130101) Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 19/04 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/06 (20130101) G01J 3/10 (20130101) G01J 3/0205 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/4406 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/645 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 2021/6421 (20130101) G01N 2021/6484 (20130101) G01N 2021/6493 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901285 | Majumdar et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharmila Majumdar (Alameda, California); John Kurhanewicz (South San Francisco, California); Jeffrey C. Lotz (San Mateo, California); David S. Bradford (Sausalito, California); Kayvan Keshari (Stockton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | NMR spectroscopy is performed on intervertebral disc tissue. Extent of degeneration is determined based on the NMR spectroscopy. Correlation between NMR spectral regions and at least one of tissue degeneration and pain are made. Accordingly, NMR spectroscopy is used to determine location and/or extent of at least one of degeneration or pain associated with a region of tissue, such as for example in particular disc degeneration, or discogenic pain. NMR spectral peak ratios, such as between N-Acetyl/cho and cho/carb, are readily acquired and analyzed to predict degree of tissue degeneration and/or pain for: tissue samples using HR-MAS spectroscopy; and larger portions of anatomy such as joint segments such as a spine, using clinical 3T MRI systems with surface head or knee coils; and tissue regions such as discs within spines of living patients using 3T MRI systems with a surface spine coil, thus providing a completely non-invasive diagnostic toolset and method to image and localize degeneration and/or pain. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680612 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4514 (20130101) A61B 5/4528 (20130101) A61B 5/4824 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/483 (20130101) G01R 33/485 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09901295 — Near infrared fluorescent single walled carbon nanotubes as tissue localizable biosensors
| US 09901295 | Iverson et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole M. Iverson (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Nigel F. Reuel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Thomas P. McNicholas (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanosensor for detecting an analyte can include a substrate, a photoluminescent nanostructure, and a polymer interacting with the photoluminescent nanostructure. The nanosensor can be used in in vivo for biomedical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/488040 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1459 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 5/14556 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/0285 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/6432 (20130101) G01N 2021/7723 (20130101) G01N 2021/7786 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901553 | Sullenger et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Sabah Oney (Durham, North Carolina); Tung Suet Ruby Lam (Durham, North Carolina); Kam Leong (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to agents that modulate the pharmacological activity of nucleic acid molecules and, in particular, to agents that bind therapeutic or diagnostic nucleic acid molecules in a sequence independent manner and modulate (e.g., inhibit or reverse) their activity. The invention also relates to compositions comprising such agents and to methods of using same. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154539 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/14 (20130101) A61K 31/132 (20130101) A61K 31/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/46 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/50 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/94 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901560 | Gunn |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Gunn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating acute lung injury (ALI) in a patient suspected of having ALI is disclosed. The method includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/379063 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901600 | Mitsialis et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | S. Alexander Mitsialis (Newton, Massachusetts); Changjin Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Stella Kourembanas (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Alexander Mitsialis (Newton, Massachusetts); Changjin Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Stella Kourembanas (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions comprising mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) derived exosomes, and methods of their use in subjects having certain lung diseases including inflammatory lung disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/004237 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0078 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/42 (20130101) A61K 35/42 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901616 | Dhar et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Shanta Dhar (Miami, Florida); Sean Marrache (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanta Dhar (Miami, Florida); Sean Marrache (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles include a core and one or more targeting moieties, as well as one or more contrast agents or one or more therapeutic agents. The contrast agents or therapeutic agents may be contained or embedded within the core. If the nanoparticle includes therapeutic agents, the agents are preferably released from the core at a desired rate. The core may be biodegradable and may release the agents as the core is degraded or eroded. The targeting moieties preferably extend outwardly from the core so that they are available for interaction with cellular components, which interactions will target the nanoparticles to the appropriate cells, such as apoptotic cells; organelles, such as mitochondria; or the like. The targeting moieties may be tethered to the core or components that interact with the core. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/240081 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/315 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/54 (20170801) A61K 47/549 (20170801) A61K 47/6921 (20170801) A61K 47/6935 (20170801) A61K 47/6937 (20170801) A61K 49/0067 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) A61K 49/1881 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901622 | Joseph et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Thermalin Diabetes, LLC (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THERMALIN DIABETES, INC. (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey I. Joseph (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Richard William Berenson (Waban, Massachusetts); Bruce Frank (Indianapolis, Indiana); Michael A. Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio); Thomas Hattier (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Gregory Dubé (Littleton, Massachusetts); Zhiqiang Chen (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides rapid-acting insulin and insulin analog formulations. The invention further provides delivery devices, particularly infusion sets, which allow for the rapid absorption of insulin and insulin analogs, as well as other active agents. Methods of using the insulin and insulin analog formulations as well as the insulin delivery devices for treating subjects with diabetes mellitus are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/110758 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0021 (20130101) A61K 36/05 (20130101) A61K 36/05 (20130101) A61K 36/23 (20130101) A61K 36/23 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/12 (20130101) A61K 47/20 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 47/183 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/142 (20130101) A61M 5/1723 (20130101) A61M 25/02 (20130101) A61M 37/0092 (20130101) A61M 2025/0253 (20130101) A61M 2037/0007 (20130101) A61M 2205/35 (20130101) A61M 2205/50 (20130101) A61M 2205/055 (20130101) A61M 2205/502 (20130101) A61M 2230/201 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/0448 (20130101) A61N 7/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901624 | Kishore et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Bellamkonda K. Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Noel G. Carlson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Donald E. Kohan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Raoul D. Nelson (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellamkonda K. Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Noel G. Carlson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Donald E. Kohan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Raoul D. Nelson (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and for induction of diuretic effect. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305999 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/549 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/46 (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) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 306/01005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901625 | Muro-Galindo et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia Muro-Galindo (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel Serrano (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for controlling and regulating engulfment, uptake and/or transcellular transport at a stage following initial engagement of an agent to the endothelium are provided, based on the identification of CAM-mediated endocytosis and the sphingomyelin/ceramide pathway as active steps in transcellular TEM. Administration of regulators relating to the identified pathways, such as NHE1, sphingomyelinases, acid sphingomyelinase and ceramide, permit control and regulation of uptake and transcellular transport. Control and regulation of uptake and/or transcellular transport is applicable in strategies to modulate inflammation, provide controlled and/or targeted delivery of agents, control pathogenic invasion, recover action of an inhibited CAM-mediated uptake or transendothelial pathway, or provide uptake or transendothelial transport by targeting cell surface markers other than ICAM-1. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652165 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/164 (20130101) A61K 31/231 (20130101) A61K 31/688 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901631 | Degrace et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marciela Degrace (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nir Hacohen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Sagi Shapira (Boston, Massachusetts); Liguo Wu (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides genetically modified cells useful for viral replication and the production of viral vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/371534 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16051 (20130101) C12N 2760/16152 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901639 | Wang |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Wang (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated population of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and uses thereof for the treatment of vascular diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/044859 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0692 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901648 | Maynard et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather D. Maynard (Los Angeles, California); Rock J. Mancini (Los Angeles, California); Juneyoung Lee (Los Angeles, California); En-Wei Lin (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for stabilizing biomolecules are disclosed. Specifically, the compositions include novel homopolymers or copolymers containing trehalose side chains conjugated to biomolecules. When such homopolymers or copolymers are placed in close proximity to biomolecules, such as proteins, the homopolymers or copolymers protect and/or stabilize the biomolecule. The compositions and methods may be suitable for use in various industries such as healthcare (pharmaceuticals), molecular biology, biofuels, paper, personal care, detergent, photographic, rubber, brewing, dairy and food processing industries. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374388 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 47/58 (20170801) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/04 (20130101) C07H 17/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 10/00 (20130101) C08F 110/00 (20130101) C08F 210/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01017 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901650 | Nedergaard et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maiken Nedergaard (Webster, New York); Jeffrey J. Iliff (Portland, Oregon); Helene Benveniste (Northport, New York); Rashid Deane (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for measuring glio-vascular pathway (“glymphatic system”) function in the brain of a mammal which include performing imaging of the brain and measuring cerebrospinal fluid-interstitial fluid (CSF-ISF) exchange in the brain. The methods can be used to track the exchange between CSF and ISF compartments. An imaging agent is optionally administered intrathecally. The imaging agent can be a negative or positive (paramagnetic) contrast agent and dynamic or contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain can be performed. The imaging agent can be a positron-emitting radionuclide tracer and positron emission tomography (PET) can be performed. Methods for treating diseases or disorders of the mammalian brain are also provided, in which the methods increase or decrease glymphatic clearance. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769396 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/4082 (20130101) A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 2576/026 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 49/06 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0054 (20130101) A61K 51/0491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/2814 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901659 | Hong et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nicholas J. Amoroso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryotaro Hashizume (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nicholas J. Amoroso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryotaro Hashizume (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell growth matrix is provided that comprises a biodegradable elastomeric polymer electrodeposited concurrently with a sprayed or electrosprayed liquid that is a physiological solution or which comprises a mammalian blood product such as serum, plasma or platelet rich plasma. The matrix is useful as a cell-growth matrix and for repair of a tissue in a mammal, for instance by implantation in a mammal at a site in need of repair, such as in an abdominal wall. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698757 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/3616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3691 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902681 | Serhan et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Jesmond Dalli (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes novel mono-hydroxy, di-hydroxy and tri-hydroxy docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) analogs, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof. Resolution of inflammation is now held to be an active process where autacoids promote homeostasis. Using functional-metabololipidomics and in vivo systems, endogenous n-3 docosapentaenoic (DPA) acid is converted during inflammation-resolution in mice and by human leukocytes to novel n-3 products congenerous to D-series resolvins (Rv), protectins (PD) and maresins (MaR), termed specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM). The new n-3 DPA structures include 7,8,17-trihydroxy-9,11,13,15E, 19Zdocosapentaenoic acid (RvD1n_3 DPA), 7, 14-dihydroxy-8, 10, 12, 16Z, 19Z-docosapentaenoic acid (MaR1n_3 DPA) and related bioactive products. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/894921 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/38 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902703 | Zhao et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Zhao (San Diego, California); Yunfei Zhu (San Diego, California); Shimiao Wang (San Diego, California); Sangdon Han (San Diego, California); Sun Hee Kim (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, diastereomeric mixture, or individual enantiomers thereof, that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/186088 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902705 | Hilderbrand et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Hilderbrand (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Neal K. Devaraj (Boston, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Mark R. Karver (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to functionalized 1,2,4,5-tetrazine compounds. The compounds are useful in compositions and methods using bioorthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions for the rapid and specific covalent delivery of a “payload” to a ligand bound to a biological target. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/437905 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 257/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902713 | McKnight et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for reducing one or both of axonal degeneration and neuronal cell death associated with a disease or traumatic brain injury. An aminopropyl carbazole agent with potent neuroprotective properties is described. Specifically, (−)-(S)-N-(3-(3,6-dibromo-9H-carbazol-9-yl)-2-fluoropropyl)-6-methoxypyridin-2-amine, is proposed as a new pharmacological agent for protecting patients against axonal degeneration and chronic consequences of TBI. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/035909 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902734 | Fitch et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Fitch (Terre Haute, Indiana); Thomas F. Spande (Bethesda, Maryland); H. Martin Garraffo (North Bethesda, Maryland); Herman J. C. Yeh (Potomac, Maryland); John W. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, for example, phantasmidine and derivatives thereof, for example a compound of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating disorders responsive to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Myasthenia Gravis, Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, pain, and cognitive dysfunction by treatment with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/695460 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — 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 43/90 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902738 | Simon et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julian Simon (Seattle, Washington); Graham Johnson (Sanbornton, New Hampshire); Edwin Rubel (Seattle, Washington); Sarwat Chowdhury (Seattle, Washington); R. Jason Herr (Voorheesville, New York); Qin Jiang (Latham, New York); Xinchao Chen (Schenectady, New York); Kelly N. Owens (Lake Forest Park, Washington); David Raible (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions that include such compounds, for preventing, treating, and/or protecting against sensory hair cell death. Methods of using the compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/214241 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/439 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 495/08 (20130101) C07D 495/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902756 | Jerse et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Jerse (Rockville, Maryland); Amanda Derocco (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to MtrE peptides and their use in gonorrhea vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/442832 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1214 (20130101) C07K 16/1217 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902759 | Korsmeyer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Korsmeyer (Weston, Massachusetts); Anthony Letai (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides peptides and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them. The invention further provides therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of apoptosis associated disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/073356 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/03 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902765 | Doranz et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Integral Molecular, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Blood Systems Research Institute (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEGRAL MOLECULAR, INC. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Doranz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kimberly-Anne Mattia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kristen Kahle (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Graham Simmons (San Francisco, California); Rachel Hua-Ning Fong (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Soma Banik Banerjee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments disclosed herein provide for antibodies, including neutralizing antibodies, against Chikungunya virus, uses thereof, and methods of identifying antibodies, including neutralizing antibodies, against Chikungunya virus. In some embodiments, antibodies that binds to a CHIKV antigen, wherein the antigen is the CHIKV E1, E2, E3 protein, or any heterocomplex thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the antibody is an isolated antibody, a neutralizing antibody, a recombinant antibody, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the antibodies described herein bind to an epitope of E2 Domain A, E2 Domain B, or E1 Domain II of the CHIKV antigen. In some embodiments, the antigen is E2 protein. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/441867 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/10023 (20130101) C12N 2770/36123 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902766 | Ferrone et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soldano Ferrone (Boston, Massachusetts); Xinhui Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Conrads (Reston, Virginia); Elvira Favoino (Bari, Italy); Brian L. Hood (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated monoclonal antibodies are disclosed herein that specifically bind endoplasmin. In some embodiments these antibodies are fully human. Recombinant nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acids, and host cells transformed with these expression vectors are also disclosed herein. In several embodiments the disclosed antibodies are of use for detecting and/or treating tumors that express endoplasmin, such as melanoma, breast cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, renal cancer, lung cancer, glioma, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer or pancreatic cancer. In one example, the tumor is a melanoma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/092520 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 47/6843 (20170801) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/303 (20130101) C07K 16/3015 (20130101) C07K 16/3023 (20130101) C07K 16/3038 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 16/3092 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/624 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/10 (20130101) C12N 15/09 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8258 (20130101) C12N 2800/00 (20130101) C12N 2810/859 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/4727 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902780 | Marks et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Calfornia (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873071 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902781 | Marks et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia Rodriguez (San Francisco, California); Shude Yan (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/C, BoNT/D, BoNT/E, BoNT/F, BoNT/G, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/966959 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2317/20 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/33 (20130101) G01N 2333/952 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902935 | Lee et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyeong Woo Lee (Gainesville, Florida); Brian Samuel Wilson (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention concerns the use of PIP or S100A8 for the generation of regulatory T cells. The current invention provides a method of generating regulatory T cells by contacting immature DC with PIP or S100A8 to produce tolerogenic DC and further contacting naïve T cells to the tolerogenic DC to produce regulatory T cells. The invention also concerns PIP protein where immature DC contacted with PIP produce tolerogenic DC that induce conversion of naïve T-cells into regulatory T cells. The invention also concerns S100A8 protein where immature DC contacted with S100A8 produce tolerogenic DC that induce conversion of naïve T-cells into regulatory T cells. The invention also provides methods for identification of factors secreted by iNKT cells that induce conversion of immature DC into tolerogenic DC. The subject invention also concerns using regulatory T cells for treatment and/or management of cancer or the diseases of the immune system. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763002 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/064 (20130101) C12N 5/0637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902940 | Shusta et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Eric V. Shusta (Madison, Wisconsin); Samira Azarin (Madison, Wisconsin); Sean Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Ethan Lippmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric V. Shusta (Madison, Wisconsin); Samira Azarin (Madison, Wisconsin); Sean Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Ethan Lippmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A model blood brain barrier obtained from hPSCs is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155435 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0697 (20130101) C12N 2502/28 (20130101) C12N 2502/086 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/90 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902950 | Church et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Francois Vigneault (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Francois Vigneault (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for high-throughput, single cell analyzes are provided. The methods and compositions can be used for analysis of genomes and transcriptomes, as well as antibody discovery, HLA typing, haplotyping and drug discovery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/878406 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00547 (20130101) B01J 2219/00576 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1065 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) C12Q 2563/159 (20130101) C12Q 2563/185 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 50/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902957 | Cooley et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Christina Barnes Cooley (San Diego, California); Erika Geihe Stanzl (Stanford, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Stanford, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Barnes Cooley (San Diego, California); Erika Geihe Stanzl (Stanford, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Stanford, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Co-oligomer compounds, complexes of the same with polyanions, such as siRNAs, and methods for using the same are provided. the delivery of polynucleotides, into a cell. The subject co-oligomers include at least a liphopilic monomer and at least a hydrophilic monomer (e.g., a guanidinium containing monomer). In some embodiments, the co-oligomer compounds are capable of complexing a siRNA of interest, thereby increasing the cell permeability of the siRNA, prior to release of the siRNA into the cell. In some embodiments, the subject method is a method of delivery a siRNA into a cell. In some embodiments, the subject method is a method of reducing expression of a protein target of a siRNA of interest. The subject co-oligomer/siRNA complexes may be formulated and administered to a subject to treat a condition resulting from expression of a protein target of the siRNA of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342480 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/593 (20170801) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902985 | Kahne et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Evan Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Suzanne Walker Kahne (Brookline, Massachusetts); Emma Doud (Chicago, Illinois); Christian M. Gampe (Brighton, Massachusetts); Hirokazu Tsukamoto (Sendai, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of synthesizing moenomycin analogs of Formula (I). The present invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) and kits for synthesizing compounds of Formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/390871 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 13/00 (20130101) C07H 13/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1241 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/18 (20130101) C12P 19/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/07012 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902996 | Dubinsky et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Marla C. Dubinsky (Los Angeles, California); Dermot P. McGovern (Los Angeles, California); Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Stephan R. Targan (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marla C. Dubinsky (Los Angeles, California); Dermot P. McGovern (Los Angeles, California); Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Stephan R. Targan (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of predicting susceptibility to a severe form of Crohn's disease in an individual by determining the presence or absence of one or more risk variants. In one embodiment, the risk variants comprise a combination of genetic risk variants and clinical risk factors. In another embodiment, the genetic risk variants are at the IL12B genetic locus. In another embodiment, the severe form of Crohn's disease is characterized by a rapid progression to a condition requiring surgery for treatment. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372359 |
| 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903836 | Martin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Scott Martin (Kirkwood, Missouri); Asmira Selmovic Alagic (St. Louis, Missouri); Alicia Johnson Hoover (Webster Groves, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to microfluidic devices and methods for fabricating the devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing and encapsulated electrodes, microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes, and methods of fabricating devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes resulting in reduced dead volume interconnects between the fluidic tubing and capillary loops and associated microchannels and aligned fluidic tubing openings, capillary loop openings, electrodes and other device features. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/309307 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2300/088 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (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 35/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2063/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/752 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903855 | Cheresh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cheresh (Encinitas, California); Laetitia Seguin (San Diego, California); Sudarshan Anand (San Diego, California); Jacqueline Lesperance (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for overcoming or diminishing or preventing Growth Factor Inhibitor resistance in a cell, or, a method for increasing the growth-inhibiting effectiveness of a Growth Factor inhibitor on a cell, or, a method for re-sensitizing a cell to a Growth Factor Inhibitor, comprising for example, administration of a combination of a TBK1 inhibitor and an RTK inhibitor. In alternative embodiments, the cell is a tumor cell, a cancer cell or a dysfunctional cell. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for determining: whether an individual or a patient would benefit from or respond to administration of a Growth Factor Inhibitor, or, which individuals or patients would benefit from a combinatorial approach comprising administration of a combination of: at least one growth factor and at least one compound, composition or formulation used to practice a method of the invention, such as an NFKB inhibitor, such as a lenalidomide or a REVLIMID™, or IKK inhibitor; or an inhibitor of Galectin-3. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/883398 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/05 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (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) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 75/002 (20130101) B65D 75/36 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 33/57496 (20130101) G01N 2333/485 (20130101) G01N 2333/914 (20130101) G01N 2333/4724 (20130101) G01N 2333/70557 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903868 | Chen et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Xiaoyuan Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Dingbin Liu (Tianjin, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for detecting the presence or absence of a biomarker in a biological sample at a very low concentration comprising the steps of (a) contacting the biological sample with a capture binding sequence immobilized on a surface, (b) providing a conjugate comprising a detection binding sequence-glucose oxidase, (c) contacting the surface with the detection binding sequence-glucose oxidase conjugate, (d) separating any unbound detection binding sequence-glucose oxidase conjugate from the surface, (e) incubating the resulting surface with a glucose solution and a mixture comprising gold nanoparticles and a gold salt, wherein the gold nanoparticles have an initial particle size of about 5 nm, and (f) observing any change in color of the mixture. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing the presence of a prostate cancer biomarker in a subject and a kit for detecting or quantifying a biomarker in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/714721 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/587 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903870 | Speicher et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Speicher (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Hsin Yao Tang (Media, Pennsylvania); Lynn A. Beer (Medford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A diagnostic reagent or device comprises at least one ligand capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying the biomarker chloride intracellular channel protein 4 (CLIC4) or an isoform, pro-form, modified molecular form including posttranslational modification, or unique peptide fragment or nucleic acid fragment thereof. An alternative diagnostic reagent or device comprises ligand or ligands capable of specifically complexing with, binding to, or quantitatively detecting or identifying multiple tropomyosin biomarkers. Optionally, such reagent or device includes a signaling molecule and/or a substrate on which the ligand is immobilized. Other reagents and methods of diagnosing ovarian cancer include use of CLIC4 ligands and/or multiple tropomyosin ligands with an additional ovarian cancer biomarker. For example, CLIC4 combined with one or more of CLIC1 and/or one or multiple members of the tropomyosin family, e.g., TPM1, TPM2, TPM3 or TPM4, and further optionally including CTSD-30 kDa and/or PRDX-6, among other ovarian cancer biomarkers can form a characteristic diagnostic pattern or profile of expression that is diagnostic of the disease. Still other embodiments are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045452 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/3069 (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) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/06 (20130101) C40B 40/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6887 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4712 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903876 | Zimring |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Bloodworks (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bloodworks (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Charles Zimring (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for determining post-transfusion survival or toxicity of red blood cells and the suitability of red blood cell units for transfusion by measuring the levels of one or more markers in a red blood cell sample are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/476837 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 33/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5005 (20130101) G01N 2800/7066 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903928 | Snyder et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela Lynn Styczynski Snyder (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Carl J. Snyder (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota); J. Thomas Vaughan, Jr. (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a magnetic resonance image includes configuring a magnetic field to correspond to a trajectory within a region of interest. The method includes applying RF excitation to spatially control a region of magnetic resonance corresponding to the trajectory. The method includes modulating the magnetic field coincident with the spatially controlled region of magnetic resonance. The method includes acquiring data corresponding to the region of magnetic resonance and generating an image based on the data. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174368 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4833 (20130101) G01R 33/5659 (20130101) G01R 33/56536 (20130101) G01R 33/56563 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904681 | Nitz et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); David Dunkley (Cambria, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); David Dunkley (Cambria, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182245 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30696 (20130101) G06F 17/30699 (20130101) G06F 17/30705 (20130101) G06F 17/30864 (20130101) G06F 17/30867 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00483 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905239 | Chang et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward F. Chang (San Francisco, California); Kristofer E. Bouchard (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of decoding speech from the brain of a subject. The methods include detecting speech production signals from electrodes operably coupled to the speech motor cortex of a subject while the subject produces or imagines producing a speech sound. The methods further include deriving a speech production signal pattern from the detected speech production signals, and correlating the speech production signal pattern with a reference speech production signal pattern to decode speech from the brain of the subject. Speech communication systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/768416 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4076 (20130101) A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/4803 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 21/00 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 13/043 (20130101) G10L 15/24 (20130101) G10L 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 25/03 (20130101) G10L 25/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905858 | Zhou et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Daomin Zhou (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved platinum and method for manufacturing the improved platinum wherein the platinum having a fractal surface coating of platinum, platinum gray, with a increase in surface area of at least 5 times when compared to shiny platinum of the same geometry and also having improved resistance to physical stress when compared to platinum black having the same surface area. The process of electroplating the surface coating of platinum gray comprising plating at a moderate rate, for example at a rate that is faster than the rate necessary to produce shiny platinum and that is less than the rate necessary to produce platinum black. Platinum gray is applied to manufacture a fuel cell and a catalyst. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752700 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/945 (20130101) B01D 2255/1021 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/08 (20130101) B01J 23/40 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/468 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 37/0215 (20130101) B01J 37/348 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/50 (20130101) C25D 5/16 (20130101) C25D 21/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) H01M 4/92 (20130101) H01M 4/94 (20130101) H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/8807 (20130101) H01M 4/8853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/00 (20130101) H01M 8/1007 (20160201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906869 | Miles et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); Weili Cui (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a micromechanical structure comprising, forming a sacrificial layer on a surface and walls of a trench in a substrate; depositing a structural layer over the sacrificial layer, extending into the trench, selectively etching the structural layer to define a pattern having a boundary, at least a portion of the structural layer overlying a respective portion of the trench being removed and at least a portion of the structural layer extending into the trench being preserved at the boundary; and removing at least a portion of the sacrificial layer from underneath the structural layer, prior to removal of at least a portion of the sacrificial layer extending into the trench at the structural boundary. A micromechanical structure formed by the method is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411575 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0027 (20130101) B81B 2201/042 (20130101) B81B 2201/0257 (20130101) B81B 2203/0127 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 2201/003 (20130101) H04R 2307/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 09901465 | Lanier, Jr. et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Lanier, Jr. (Manchester, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Andrew P. Pascoe (Windham, New Hampshire); Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A prosthetic device control apparatus includes at least one sensor worn by a user. The sensor(s) determines a user's movement. A control module is in communication with the sensor(s). The control module communicates movement information to a prosthetic. A method for controlling a prosthetic device includes sensing a user's movement, communicating the movement through a control module to a prosthetic device; and controlling the movement of a prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/472858 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/1036 (20130101) A61B 5/4528 (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 2/54 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/78 (20130101) A61F 2/583 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/707 (20130101) A61F 2002/741 (20130101) A61F 2002/762 (20130101) A61F 2002/763 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/6827 (20130101) A61F 2002/6872 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7685 (20130101) A61F 2002/7862 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901659 | Hong et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nicholas J. Amoroso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryotaro Hashizume (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nicholas J. Amoroso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryotaro Hashizume (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell growth matrix is provided that comprises a biodegradable elastomeric polymer electrodeposited concurrently with a sprayed or electrosprayed liquid that is a physiological solution or which comprises a mammalian blood product such as serum, plasma or platelet rich plasma. The matrix is useful as a cell-growth matrix and for repair of a tissue in a mammal, for instance by implantation in a mammal at a site in need of repair, such as in an abdominal wall. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698757 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/3616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3691 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901762 | Kluz et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Marotta Controls, Inc. (Montville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marotta Controls, Inc. (Montville, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Kluz (Saddle Brook, New Jersey); James LaGrotta (Boonton Township, New Jersey); Christopher Modin (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fire extinguishing system is disclosed in which the system comprises a fire extinguisher having an opening, and a valve assembly covering the opening. The valve assembly includes a valve movable from a first position in which the valve seals the opening of the fire extinguisher to a second position in which the valve exposes the opening to allow expulsion of fire suppression material(s) from the fire extinguisher. A release mechanism, which may be in the form of a solenoid or a manual release mechanism, is provided for moving the valve to its open position. Methods of using the aforementioned fire extinguisher to suppress a fire are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/059983 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire-fighting A62C 3/07 (20130101) A62C 13/64 (20130101) A62C 37/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62C 37/46 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 31/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901922 | Lenigk et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralf Lenigk (Niskayuna, New York); Erin Jean Finehout (Clifton Park, New York); Xuefeng Wang (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated device for a sample collection and transfer is provided. The integrated device comprises a capillary channel disposed between a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises a hydrophilic layer comprising a fluid inlet for receiving a sample fluid to the capillary channel, wherein the capillary channel comprises an inner surface and an outer surface; and an outlet for driving out the sample fluid. The device further comprises a third layer comprising an adhesive material such as a patterned adhesive material, and a flow path, wherein the third layer is disposed on the outer surface of the capillary, at a determining position relative to the outlet, such that the capillary is in contact with the third layer and the outlet is in contact with the flow path of the third layer for allowing the sample fluid out from the integrated device. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/340693 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0258 (20130101) B01L 3/0262 (20130101) B01L 3/561 (20130101) B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/069 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2300/165 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901923 | Lee et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke P. Lee (Orinda, California); Jun Ho Son (Richmond, California); Sang Hun Lee (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile, self contained molecular diagnostics system is provided with a microfluidic chip, detection apparatus and an integrated or wireless control interface and imager. The system provides automated sample preparation and rapid optical detection of multianalyte nucleic acids and proteins. On chip PCR may be performed to improve the optical fluorescence signal for nucleic acid detections. Plasmonic protein detection is performed using a dark field smartphone microscope. Dark field illumination is based on an evanescent field generated by LED total internal reflection. The smartphone element may also be used as an interface to control the detection apparatus, acquire images, process data and for wireless communications with remote computers. The handheld automated system has low power requirements and is particularly suited for point of care and on demand diagnostics in resource limited settings. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/345148 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/157 (20130101) A61B 5/1459 (20130101) A61B 5/1491 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 5/150099 (20130101) A61B 5/150251 (20130101) A61B 5/150755 (20130101) A61B 5/150824 (20130101) A61B 5/150854 (20130101) A61B 5/150984 (20130101) A61B 2560/0209 (20130101) A61B 2562/0285 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/02 (20130101) B01L 2300/18 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0672 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0803 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 33/491 (20130101) G01N 35/00871 (20130101) G01N 2035/00237 (20130101) G01N 2035/00366 (20130101) G01N 2035/00881 (20130101) G01N 2201/062 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902492 | Sonneborn |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Groen Brothers Aviation Global, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Skyworks Global Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Gerd Oskar Sonneborn (Colleyville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for equalizing rolling moments at high advance ratios is disclosed including impelling an aircraft in a forward direction at an airspeed by means of a thrust source and rotating a rotor of the aircraft at an angular velocity with respect to the airspeed effective to cause a positive total lift on each blade due to air flow over the blades in the retreating direction when the blade is moving in the retreating direction. The rotor includes an even number of blades placed at equal angular intervals around the rotor hub. One or both of cyclic pitch and rotor angle of attack are adjusted such that a rolling moment of the retreating blade due to reverse air flow is between 0.3 and 0.7 times a rolling moment on the advancing blade due to lift. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756420 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/18 (20130101) B64C 27/025 (20130101) B64C 27/26 (20130101) B64C 27/30 (20130101) B64C 27/57 (20130101) B64C 27/615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/7261 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902756 | Jerse et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Jerse (Rockville, Maryland); Amanda Derocco (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to MtrE peptides and their use in gonorrhea vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/442832 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1214 (20130101) C07K 16/1217 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902780 | Marks et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Calfornia (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873071 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902781 | Marks et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia Rodriguez (San Francisco, California); Shude Yan (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/C, BoNT/D, BoNT/E, BoNT/F, BoNT/G, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/966959 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2317/20 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/54 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/33 (20130101) G01N 2333/952 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902818 | DeSimone et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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); Ginger Denison Rothrock (Durham, North Carolina); Benjamin W. Maynor (Durham, North Carolina); Jason P. Rolland (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Discrete micro and nanoscale particles are formed in predetermined shapes and sizes and predetermined size dispersions. The particles can also be attached to a film to form arrays of particles on a film. The particles are formed from molding techniques that can include high throughput and continuous particle molding. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/704047 |
| 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) A61K 9/0097 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (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 59/00 (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) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2335/02 (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) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902863 | Schultz et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Schultz (La Jolla, California); James Glass (Cardiff By The Sea, California); Benjamin W. C. Garcia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to mixtures and methods that can be used to produce materials comprising an electrically and/or thermally conductive coating as well as compositions that are materials that possess an electrically and/or thermally conductive coating. The mixtures and methods can be used to fabricate transparent conductive films and other transparent conductive materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/234310 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) C08K 2003/0806 (20130101) C08K 2201/001 (20130101) C08K 2201/011 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/24 (20130101) C09D 5/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 7/001 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101) C09D 101/26 (20130101) C09D 101/28 (20130101) C09D 129/14 (20130101) C09D 133/12 (20130101) C09D 139/06 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/08 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/25 (20150115) Y10T 428/31678 (20150401) Y10T 428/31975 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902866 | Hersam et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Kanan P. Puntambekar (Chicago, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois); Bok Y. Ahn (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jennifer A. Lewis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion and concentration with a polymer-organic solvent medium, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756304 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/01 (20130101) Printing, Duplicating, Marking, or Copying Processes; Colour Printing, B41M 5/0023 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/19 (20170801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/32 (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 11/14 (20130101) C09D 11/36 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/52 (20130101) C09D 11/322 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0005 (20130101) H01L 51/0045 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902906 | White et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. White (Centerville, Ohio); Taylor H. Ware (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael E. McConney (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jeong Jae Wie (Beavercreek, Ohio); Suk-Kyun Ahn (Pusan, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer comprises polymerized, nematic monomers. The monomers are organized into a plurality of voxels with each voxel having a director orientation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/135087 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 22/10 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/3804 (20130101) C09K 19/3809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 2019/0425 (20130101) C09K 2219/00 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1339 (20130101) G02F 1/133711 (20130101) G02F 1/133788 (20130101) G02F 2001/133715 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903041 | Mann et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M Mann (Springboro, Ohio); Joseph Kolis (Central, South Carolina); Eric Hunt (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing uranium dioxide crystals. The method of synthesizing includes combining a uranium-based feedstock with a mineralizer solution. The uranium-based feedstock is selected from uranium dioxide, uranium tetrafluoride, uranium tetrachloride, triuranium octoxide, and uranium trioxide. The feedstock and mineralizer solution are pressurized, and then a thermal gradient is applied thereto such that a first portion of the feedstock and the mineralizer solution is heated to a temperature that is greater than a temperature of a second portion of the feedstock and the mineralizer solution. The uranium nutrient enters the mineralizer solution from the feedstock in the first portion and uranium nutrient precipitates to spontaneously form crystals in the second portion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/077299 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/45 (20130101) C01B 25/455 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 43/006 (20130101) C01G 43/06 (20130101) C01G 43/025 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/04 (20130101) C09K 11/7709 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/12 (20130101) C30B 29/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903046 | O'Loughlin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Michael John O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph John Sumakeris (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael John O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph John Sumakeris (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Single crystal silicon carbide epitaxial layer on an off-axis substrate are manufactured by placing the substrate in an epitaxial growth reactor, growing a first layer of epitaxial silicon carbide on the substrate, interrupting the growth of the first layer of epitaxial silicon carbide, etching the first layer of epitaxial silicon carbide to reduce the thickness of the first layer, and regrowing a second layer of epitaxial silicon carbide on the first layer of epitaxial silicon carbide. Carrot defects may be terminated by the process of interrupting the epitaxial growth process, etching the grown layer and regrowing a second layer of epitaxial silicon carbide. The growth interruption/etching/regrowth may be repeated multiple times. A silicon carbide epitaxial layer has at least one carrot defect that is terminated within the epitaxial layer. A semiconductor stricture includes an epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on an off-axis silicon carbide substrate, and a carrot defect having a nucleation point in the vicinity of an interface between the substrate and the epitaxial layer and is terminated within the epitaxial layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745817 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 23/02 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02019 (20130101) H01L 21/30621 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903350 | Li et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Na Li (Richardson, Texas); Carter S. Haines (Murphy, Texas); Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, Texas); Monica Jung De Andrade (Richardson, Texas); Shaoli Fang (Richardson, Texas); Jiyoung Oh (Richardson, Texas); Mikhail E. Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Fatma Goktepe (Merkez, Turkey); Ozer Goktepe (Merkez, Turkey); Dongseok Suh (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twist-spun nanofiber yarn or twist-inserted polymer fibers generate torsional and/or tensile actuation when powered electrically, photonically, chemically, thermally, by absorption, or by other means. These artificial muscles utilize non-coiled or coiled yarns and can be either neat or comprising a guest. Devices comprising these artificial muscles are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/418811 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0007 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/00 (20130101) Spinning or Twisting D01H 1/10 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) D02G 3/26 (20130101) D02G 3/448 (20130101) Braiding or Manufacture of Lace, Including Bobbin-net or Carbonised Lace; Braiding Machines; Braid; Lace D04C 1/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2401/046 (20130101) D10B 2401/061 (20130101) D10B 2509/00 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 10/00 (20130101) H02N 11/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2925 (20150115) Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903585 | Crowder et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Precision Combustion, Inc. (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Crowder (Hamden, Connecticut); Subir Roychoudhury (Madison, Connecticut); Richard Mastanduno (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalytic burner comprising a burner chamber and a utilization chamber, the burner chamber functionally divided into a fuel-oxidant mixing zone and a catalytic combustion zone. The burner chamber occupies a space disposed between outer and inner tubular walls of the burner. The utilization chamber, which is a space bounded by the inner tubular wall, remains hollow for secondary useful purposes, for example, connection to a heat sink of a Stirling engine and/or incorporation of a second heat source (e.g., solar or geothermal heat source). Auxiliary system components can also be packaged into the utilization chamber. The burner can function in hybrid flame and/or flameless modes, and can further include a recuperator to capture heat by-passing the heat sink. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/683527 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 1/055 (20130101) Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903788 | Zhu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Guoming G Zhu (Novi, Michigan); Xiaobo Tan (East Lansing, Michigan); David Ling-Shun Hung (Novi, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoming G Zhu (Novi, Michigan); Xiaobo Tan (East Lansing, Michigan); David Ling-Shun Hung (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an electroactive polymer member and a first electric terminal and a second electric terminal. The electroactive polymer member has a free portion configured to change position relative to a fixed portion in response to an external stimulus corresponding to at least one of a flow parameter or a fluid parameter. The first electric terminal and the second electric terminal are coupled to the electroactive polymer member. The first electric terminal and the second electric terminal provide an electrical signal in response to the change. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643508 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/28 (20130101) G01F 1/72 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903862 | Lieber et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ying Fang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fernando Patolsky (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to nanotechnology and sub-microelectronic circuitry, as well as associated methods and devices, for example, nanoscale wire devices and methods for use in determining nucleic acids or other analytes suspected to be present in a sample. For example, a nanoscale wire device can be used in some cases to detect single base mismatches within a nucleic acid. In one aspect, dynamical information such as a binding constant, an association rate, and/or a dissociation rate, can be determined between a nucleic acid or other analyte, and a binding partner immobilized relative to a nanoscale wire. In some cases, the nanoscale wire includes a first portion comprising a metal-semiconductor compound, and a second portion that does not include a metal-semiconductor compound. The binding partner, in some embodiments, is immobilized relative to at least the second portion of the nanoscale wire. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/788134 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) G01N 33/551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/553 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903959 | Smith et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corp. of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Smith (Tempe, Arizona); Eric Forsythe (Rockville, Maryland); David Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a method of operating a detection sensor array. The detection sensor array has multiple detection sensors. Each detection sensor of the multiple detection sensors has an enabled state and a disabled state, and each detection sensor of the multiple detection sensors is configured to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation when in the enabled state and not to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation when in the disabled state. The detection sensor array also has a test state in which all of the multiple detection sensors operate in the enabled state when the detection sensor array is in the test state. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/147430 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/08 (20130101) G01J 1/4228 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/3454 (20130101) H04N 5/3572 (20130101) H04N 17/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904007 | Gibson et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to a photonic bad gap fiber and/or fiber preform with a central structured region comprising a first non-silica based glass and a jacket comprising a second non-silica based glass surrounding the central structured region, where the Littleton softening temperature of the second glass is at least one but no more than ten degrees Celsius lower than the Littleton softening temperature of the first glass, or where the base ten logarithm of the glass viscosity in poise of the second glass is at least 0.01 but no more than 2 lower than the base ten logarithm of the glass viscosity in poise of the first glass at a fiber draw temperature. Also disclosed is a method of making a photonic bad gap fiber and/or fiber preform. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/749850 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/0122 (20130101) C03B 37/0279 (20130101) C03B 2201/60 (20130101) C03B 2201/80 (20130101) C03B 2201/84 (20130101) C03B 2201/86 (20130101) C03B 2203/14 (20130101) C03B 2203/42 (20130101) C03B 2203/222 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02338 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/02347 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904681 | Nitz et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); David Dunkley (Cambria, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Nitz (Redwood City, California); David Dunkley (Cambria, California); Thierry Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Adam Cheyer (Oakland, California); Leslie Pound (Sunnyvale, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182245 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30696 (20130101) G06F 17/30699 (20130101) G06F 17/30705 (20130101) G06F 17/30864 (20130101) G06F 17/30867 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00483 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904750 | Chesnut et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay Chesnut (Los Angeles, California); Anthony C. Le (El Segundo, California); MaryAnne Dooley (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes measuring a plurality of latchup release parameter values of a monitored circuit to generate data. Each latchup release parameter value of the plurality of latchup release parameter values is associated with the monitored circuit exiting a latchup state. The method also include predicting, based on the data and based on one or more characteristic values of a protection circuit coupled to the monitored circuit, whether the protection circuit is likely to prevent an occurrence of a latent failure within the monitored circuit in particular latchup conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201420 |
| ART UNIT | 2854 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/311 (20130101) G01R 31/2879 (20130101) G01R 31/2881 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904852 | Divakaran et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajay Divakaran (Monmouth Juncation, New Jersey); Qian Yu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Amir Tamrakar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Jiejie Zhu (East Windsor, New Jersey); Omar Javed (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Jingen Liu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jayakrishnan Eledath (Robbinsville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for object detection and tracking includes technologies to, among other things, detect and track moving objects, such as pedestrians and/or vehicles, in a real-world environment, handle static and dynamic occlusions, and continue tracking moving objects across the fields of view of multiple different cameras. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286305 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904983 | Andreopoulos et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Andreopoulos (San Jose, California); Daniel F. Gruhl (San Jose, California); Michael Karasick (White Plains, New York); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more embodiments provide a neurosynaptic circuit that includes multiple neurosynaptic core circuits that: perform image sharpening by converting a source image to a sharpened destination image by: taking as input a sequence of image frames of a video with one or more channels per frame, and representing the intensity of each pixel of each channel of each frame as neural spikes; processing the source image to obtain the sharpened destination image for a particular frame and channel that enhances certain high frequency components of the source image; and processing neural spike representations of the destination image for outputting a spike representation of the sharpened destination image. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/495487 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/66 (20130101) G06K 9/4604 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/006 (20130101) G06T 2207/20084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905392 | Lozano et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paulo C. Lozano (Arlington, Massachusetts); Steven Mark Arestie (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/272574 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/317 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905407 | Brown et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | 908 Devices Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 908 Devices Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Brown (Los Gatos, California); Evgeny Krylov (Franklin, Massachusetts); Michael Goodwin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kerin Gregory (Bolton, Massachusetts); Andrew J. Bartfay-Szabo (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features mass spectrometry systems and methods that include an ion source, an ion trap, a detector subsystem featuring first and second detector elements, and a controller electrically connected to the ion source, the ion trap, and the detector subsystem and configured so that during operation of the system, the controller: applies an electrical signal to the ion source to generate positively and negatively charged particles from sample particles in the system; applies an electrical signal to the ion trap to eject a plurality of particles from the ion trap through a common aperture of the ion trap, and determines information about the sample particles based on first and second electrical signals generated by the ejected particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872402 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/022 (20130101) H01J 49/025 (20130101) H01J 49/0036 (20130101) H01J 49/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/427 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905647 | Fay et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (South Bend, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Fay (Granger, Indiana); Wenjun Li (South Bend, Indiana); Debdeep Jena (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunnel field-effect transistor device includes a p-type GaN source layer, an n-type GaN drain layer, and an interlayer interfaced between the source-layer and the drain layer. In one example, the interlayer includes an Indium Nitride (InN) layer. In one example, the interlayer includes a graded Indium gallium nitride layer and an InN layer. In one example, the interlayer may include a graded Indium gallium nitride (InxGa1-xN) layer and an Indium gallium nitride (InGaN) layer. In one example, the tunnel field-effect transistor device includes an in-line configuration. In one example, the tunnel field-effect transistor device includes a side-wall configuration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/925542 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/0895 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905712 | Foos et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Edward E Foos (Alexandria, Virginia); Woojun Yoon (Fairfax, Virginia); Joseph G. Tischler (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward E Foos (Alexandria, Virginia); Woojun Yoon (Fairfax, Virginia); Joseph G. Tischler (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of spray deposition for inorganic nanocrystal solar cells comprising subjecting a first solution of CdTe or CdSe nanocrystals to ligand exchange with a small coordinating molecule, diluting the first solution in solvent to form a second solution, applying the second solution to a substrate, drying the substrate, dipping the substrate in a solution in MeOH of a compound that promotes sintering, washing the substrate with iPrOH, drying the substrate with N2, and heating and forming a film on the substrate. An inorganic nanocrystal solar cell comprising a substrate, a layer of metal, a layer of CdTe, a layer of CdSe, and a layer of transparent conductor. An inorganic nanocrystal solar cell comprising a transparent conductive substrate, a layer of CdSe, a layer of CdTe, and a Au contact. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051134 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/073 (20130101) H01L 31/0296 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1836 (20130101) H01L 31/03685 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/543 (20130101) Y02E 10/545 (20130101) Y02E 10/548 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905999 | Li et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microwave-frequency signal generation by generating multiple sideband optical signals separated by phase-modulation frequency fM, generating beat signals between one or two sidebands and one or two optical reference signals, generating a loop-filtered error signal by comparing an electrical reference signal to one of the beat signals or their difference, and controlling with the error signal in a phase-locked loop arrangement a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that drives the sideband generation at the frequency fM. A portion of the VCO output is the generated microwave-frequency signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/053876 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/30 (20130101) H01S 3/0085 (20130101) H01S 3/0627 (20130101) H01S 3/1304 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2391 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 5/40 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/0078 (20130101) H01S 5/0623 (20130101) H01S 5/0687 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/06817 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 17/00 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906007 | Klein |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Klein (Puyallup, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Grommets for supporting harnesses and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The grommets include a grommet body, a resilient cushion, and a retention mechanism. The grommet body is configured to be received within an aperture that is defined by a structural component and defines a tubular receiving region that is sized to receive the harness. The resilient cushion is located within the tubular receiving region and is configured to extend between the harness and the grommet body. The retention mechanism is configured to selectively retain the grommet body within the aperture. The methods include locating the resilient cushion around an external surface of the harness, locating a first body portion and a second body portion around an external surface of the resilient cushion, and operatively interlocking the first body portion with the second body portion to form the grommet body. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/575735 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/00 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 5/06 (20130101) F16L 5/10 (20130101) F16L 5/027 (20130101) Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906191 | Filippov et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timur V. Filippov (Mahopac, New York); Alexander F. Kirichenko (Pleasantville, New York); Deepnarayan Gupta (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting multi-bit digital mixer, designed using rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) logic, for multiplying two independent digital streams, at least one of these comprising a plurality of parallel bit lines, wherein the output is also a similar plurality of bit lines. In a preferred embodiment, one of the digital streams represents a local oscillator signal, and the other digital stream digital radio frequency input from an analog-to-digital converter. The multi-bit mixer comprises an array of bit-slices, with the local oscillator signal generated using shift registers. This multi-bit mixer is suitable for an integrated circuit with application to a broadband digital radio frequency receiver, a digital correlation receiver, or a digital radio frequency transmitter. A synchronous pulse distribution network is used to ensure proper operation at data rates of 20 GHz or above. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/052379 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) Demodulation or Transference of Modulation From One Carrier to Another H03D 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906288 | Zhang et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Linxiao Zhang (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linxiao Zhang (New York, New York); Harish Krishnaswamy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of receivers each having: an RF amplifier having an RFAMP input coupled to an antenna and having an RFAMP output; a capacitor having a CAP first side connected to the RFAMP output and a CAP second side; a passive mixer coupled to the RFAMP input, the CAP second side, and the output of a local oscillator phase shifter; an operational transconductor amplifier having an OTA input connected to the CAP second side and having an OTA output; a feedback resistor connected between the OTA input and the OTA output; a baseband transconductor having a BBGM input connected to the OTA input and a BBGM output; a cancelling transconductor having a CANCELLER output connected to the BBGM output and having a CANCELLER input; and an attenuator between the OTA output and the CANCELLER input, wherein the OTA output of each of the plurality of receivers are connected together. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/420023 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/195 (20130101) H03F 2200/294 (20130101) H03F 2200/451 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/0868 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906718 | Xia et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Luminit LLC (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luminit LLC (Torance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Winston X. Xia (Long Beach, California); Fedor I. Dimov (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention includes a biomimetic integrated optical sensor system, based on the integration of a wide field-of-view (WFOV) miniature staring multi-aperture compound eye with a high-speed, low-cost, polarization and spectral selective liquid crystal (LC) filter array, a MWIR focal plane array (FPA), and a neural network processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/701103 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/06 (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 2203/11 (20130101) G02F 2203/055 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/063 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/2251 (20130101) H04N 5/2257 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906733 | Boldt et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Boldt (Catonsville, Maryland); Michael A. Kelly (Bristow, Virginia); Edward H. Darlington (Clarksville, Maryland); David M. DeTomaso (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A range determiner assembly may include an image sensor, a detector board and processing circuitry. The image sensor may be configured to obtain image data for each of three views of a target at each of a plurality of different locations along the track of a craft moving at a determinable altitude above a surface of the earth. The detector board may include a first line array, a second line array and a third line array. Each of the first, second and third line arrays may receive a respective sequence of images from a corresponding one of the three views. The processing circuitry may be configured to determine a relative distance between the craft and the target based on the image data. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745779 |
| ART UNIT | 2485 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 3/08 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 11/12 (20130101) G01S 17/95 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906742 | Grzeslak et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazimierz T Grzeslak (Bedford, New Hampshire); Stephen M Dolfini (Brookline, New Hampshire); Kurt J Nordhaus (Pepperell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating values lost to inoperable pixels on ultraviolet (UV) sensor arrays comprising identifying an inoperable pixel on a UV sensor array, applying a three by three kernel to the inoperable pixel, the three by three kernel being centered on the inoperable pixel, acquiring a centroid value for the inoperable pixel, applying a compensation algorithm based on the three by three kernel radial centroid value, and calculating estimated values for the inoperable pixel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/804746 |
| ART UNIT | 2485 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/005 (20130101) G06T 5/20 (20130101) G06T 2207/20032 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/32 (20130101) H04N 5/3675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906884 | Meshram et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Alok Namdeo Meshram (Seattle, Washington); Dinesh Manocha (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ravish Mehra (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Enrique Dunn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jan-Michael Frahm (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hongsheng Yang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing adaptive rectangular decomposition (ARD) to perform head-related transfer function (HRTF) simulations are disclosed herein. According to one method, the method includes obtaining a mesh model representative of head and ear geometry of a listener entity and segmenting a simulation domain of the mesh model into a plurality of partitions. The method further includes conducting an ARD simulation on the plurality of partitions to generate simulated sound pressure signals within each of the plurality of partitions and processing the simulated sound pressure signals to generate at least one HRTF that is customized for the listener entity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225505 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Stereophonic Systems H04S 7/00 (20130101) H04S 7/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04S 2420/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 09901648 | Maynard et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather D. Maynard (Los Angeles, California); Rock J. Mancini (Los Angeles, California); Juneyoung Lee (Los Angeles, California); En-Wei Lin (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for stabilizing biomolecules are disclosed. Specifically, the compositions include novel homopolymers or copolymers containing trehalose side chains conjugated to biomolecules. When such homopolymers or copolymers are placed in close proximity to biomolecules, such as proteins, the homopolymers or copolymers protect and/or stabilize the biomolecule. The compositions and methods may be suitable for use in various industries such as healthcare (pharmaceuticals), molecular biology, biofuels, paper, personal care, detergent, photographic, rubber, brewing, dairy and food processing industries. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374388 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 47/58 (20170801) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/04 (20130101) C07H 17/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 10/00 (20130101) C08F 110/00 (20130101) C08F 210/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01017 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901687 | Meng et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Alhambra, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Ronalee Lo Mann (Menlo Park, California); Po-Ying Li (Monrovia, California); Saloomeh Saati (Placentia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Alhambra, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Ronalee Lo Mann (Menlo Park, California); Po-Ying Li (Monrovia, California); Saloomeh Saati (Placentia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a needle is employed in refilling drug-delivery devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868649 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/0017 (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 5/46 (20130101) A61M 5/158 (20130101) A61M 5/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 5/14276 (20130101) A61M 39/0208 (20130101) A61M 2005/14284 (20130101) A61M 2039/0238 (20130101) A61M 2205/581 (20130101) A61M 2205/582 (20130101) A61M 2205/583 (20130101) A61M 2205/3523 (20130101) A61M 2205/6054 (20130101) A61M 2205/6063 (20130101) A61M 2209/045 (20130101) A61M 2210/0612 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902141 | Mi et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoxia Mi (Potomac, Maryland); Meng Hu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a water purification membrane is presented. The method includes stacking a plurality of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets to create the water purification membrane, the stacking involving layer-by-layer assembly of the plurality of GO nanosheets and forming a plurality of nanochannels between the plurality of GO nanosheets for allowing the flow of a fluid and for rejecting the flow of contaminants. The method further includes cross-linking the plurality of GO nanosheets by 1,3,5-benzenetricarbonyl trichloride on a polydopamine coated polysulfone support. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/658990 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/002 (20130101) B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 65/08 (20130101) B01D 67/0006 (20130101) B01D 69/10 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/60 (20130101) B01D 71/68 (20130101) B01D 2323/30 (20130101) B01D 2325/14 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 2038/0076 (20130101) B32B 2310/025 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902611 | Brosh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | NextInput, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEXTINPUT, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amnon Brosh (Santa Monica, California); Ryan Diestelhorst (San Jose, California); Steven Nasiri (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a miniaturized and ruggedized wafer level MEMS force sensor composed of a base and a cap. The sensor employs multiple flexible membranes, a mechanical overload stop, a retaining wall, and piezoresistive strain gauges. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/111044 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/0292 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00626 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/18 (20130101) G01L 1/205 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902673 | Jones et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | William D. Jones (Rochester, New York); Sumit Chakraborty (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Jones (Rochester, New York); Sumit Chakraborty (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for producing 1-butanol are described herein. In some examples, the methods can comprise, contacting a reactant comprising ethanol with a catalyst system, thereby producing a product comprising 1-butanol. The catalyst system can comprise, for example, an iridium catalyst and a nickel, copper, and/or zinc catalyst. The nickel, copper, and zinc catalysts can comprise nickel, copper, and/or zinc and a sterically bulky ligand. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/211393 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 31/20 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2231/40 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) B01J 2531/827 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/34 (20130101) C07C 31/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902743 | Maverick et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew W. Maverick (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Uttam R. Pokharel (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Frank R. Fronczek (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew W. Maverick (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Uttam R. Pokharel (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Frank R. Fronczek (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition and method are disclosed for capturing CO2. A pollutant/greenhouse gas can be converted into a valuable organic compound using a nontoxic reducing agent. CO2 may be economically captured from the atmosphere, from products of combustion, or from byproducts of various chemical processes. The method reduces CO2 in a three-step reaction cycle, in which a binuclear metal-organic compound converts CO2 to oxalate in a redox cycle under mild conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/029147 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/418 (20130101) C07C 51/418 (20130101) C07C 55/06 (20130101) C07C 55/07 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902818 | DeSimone et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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); Ginger Denison Rothrock (Durham, North Carolina); Benjamin W. Maynor (Durham, North Carolina); Jason P. Rolland (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Discrete micro and nanoscale particles are formed in predetermined shapes and sizes and predetermined size dispersions. The particles can also be attached to a film to form arrays of particles on a film. The particles are formed from molding techniques that can include high throughput and continuous particle molding. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/704047 |
| 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) A61K 9/0097 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (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 59/00 (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) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2335/02 (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) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902866 | Hersam et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Kanan P. Puntambekar (Chicago, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois); Bok Y. Ahn (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jennifer A. Lewis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion and concentration with a polymer-organic solvent medium, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756304 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/01 (20130101) Printing, Duplicating, Marking, or Copying Processes; Colour Printing, B41M 5/0023 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/19 (20170801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/32 (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 11/14 (20130101) C09D 11/36 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/52 (20130101) C09D 11/322 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0005 (20130101) H01L 51/0045 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902948 | Horn |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Horn (Sycamore, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed for introducing molecular switch functionality into a protein affinity reagent to render its binding to a target molecule sensitive to an environmental trigger, such as pH, while maintaining binding affinity to the target molecule. Combinatorial libraries created by the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848547 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/14 (20130101) C07K 2317/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/90 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902957 | Cooley et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Christina Barnes Cooley (San Diego, California); Erika Geihe Stanzl (Stanford, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Stanford, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Barnes Cooley (San Diego, California); Erika Geihe Stanzl (Stanford, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Stanford, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Co-oligomer compounds, complexes of the same with polyanions, such as siRNAs, and methods for using the same are provided. the delivery of polynucleotides, into a cell. The subject co-oligomers include at least a liphopilic monomer and at least a hydrophilic monomer (e.g., a guanidinium containing monomer). In some embodiments, the co-oligomer compounds are capable of complexing a siRNA of interest, thereby increasing the cell permeability of the siRNA, prior to release of the siRNA into the cell. In some embodiments, the subject method is a method of delivery a siRNA into a cell. In some embodiments, the subject method is a method of reducing expression of a protein target of a siRNA of interest. The subject co-oligomer/siRNA complexes may be formulated and administered to a subject to treat a condition resulting from expression of a protein target of the siRNA of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342480 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 47/593 (20170801) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903033 | Sumant et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); Michael Zach (Stevens Point, Wisconsin); Alan David Marten (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous or semi-continuous process for fabricating nanowires or microwires makes use of the substantially planar template that may be moved through electrochemical solution to grow nanowires or microwires on exposed conductive edges on the surface of that template. The planar template allows fabrication of the template using standard equipment and techniques. Adhesive transfer may be used to remove the wires from the template and in one embodiment to draw a continuous wire from the template to be wound around the drum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948652 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/00 (20130101) C25D 1/04 (20130101) C25D 1/006 (20130101) C25D 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903041 | Mann et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M Mann (Springboro, Ohio); Joseph Kolis (Central, South Carolina); Eric Hunt (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing uranium dioxide crystals. The method of synthesizing includes combining a uranium-based feedstock with a mineralizer solution. The uranium-based feedstock is selected from uranium dioxide, uranium tetrafluoride, uranium tetrachloride, triuranium octoxide, and uranium trioxide. The feedstock and mineralizer solution are pressurized, and then a thermal gradient is applied thereto such that a first portion of the feedstock and the mineralizer solution is heated to a temperature that is greater than a temperature of a second portion of the feedstock and the mineralizer solution. The uranium nutrient enters the mineralizer solution from the feedstock in the first portion and uranium nutrient precipitates to spontaneously form crystals in the second portion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/077299 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/45 (20130101) C01B 25/455 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 43/006 (20130101) C01G 43/06 (20130101) C01G 43/025 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/04 (20130101) C09K 11/7709 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/12 (20130101) C30B 29/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903788 | Zhu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Guoming G Zhu (Novi, Michigan); Xiaobo Tan (East Lansing, Michigan); David Ling-Shun Hung (Novi, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoming G Zhu (Novi, Michigan); Xiaobo Tan (East Lansing, Michigan); David Ling-Shun Hung (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an electroactive polymer member and a first electric terminal and a second electric terminal. The electroactive polymer member has a free portion configured to change position relative to a fixed portion in response to an external stimulus corresponding to at least one of a flow parameter or a fluid parameter. The first electric terminal and the second electric terminal are coupled to the electroactive polymer member. The first electric terminal and the second electric terminal provide an electrical signal in response to the change. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643508 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/28 (20130101) G01F 1/72 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903800 | Hsueh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun-Jen Hsueh (Pasadena, California); Kaushik Bhattacharya (La Canada, California); Guruswami Ravichandran (Arcadia, California); Md Z. Hossain (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for measuring the effective fracture toughness in a material are described. A rail and roller system are used to apply a gradual force to a specimen. The time-dependent force creates a steady fracture development that allows a camera to record the progressive fracture in the material. Mathematical methods can then be used to analyze the fracture progression and determine the effective fracture toughness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182168 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0066 (20130101) G01N 2203/0218 (20130101) G01N 2203/0647 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0002 (20130101) G06T 2207/30164 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903820 | Meller et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Meni Wanunu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical functionalization of solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays and applications thereof. Nanopores are extremely sensitive single-molecule sensors. Recently, electron beams have been used to fabricate synthetic nanopores in thin solid-state membranes with sub-nanometer resolution. A new class of chemically modified nanopore sensors are provided with two approaches for monolayer coating of nanopores by: (1) self-assembly from solution, in which nanopores −10 nm diameter can be reproducibly ceased, and (2) self-assembly under voltage driven electrolyte flow, in which 5 nm nanopore may be coated. Applications of chemically modified nanopore are provided including, the detection of biopolymers such as DNA and RNA, immobilizing enzymes or other proteins for detection or for generating chemical gradients; and localized pH sensing. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/815727 |
| 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 15/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2521/543 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48721 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904867 | Fathi et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Pointivo, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | POINTIVO, INC. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Habib Fathi (Atlanta, Georgia); Miguel M. Serrano (Marietta, Georgia); Bradden John Gross (Atlanta, Georgia); Daniel L. Ciprari (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of various method and systems are provided for information extraction from scene information. 2D image information can be generated from 2D images of the scene that are overlapping at least part of one or more object(s). The 2D image information can be combined with 3D information about the scene incorporating at least part of the object(s) to generate projective geometry information. Clustered 3D information associated with the object(s) can be generated by partitioning and grouping 3D data points present in the 3D information. The clustered 3D information can be used to provide, e.g., measurement information, dimensions, geometric information, and/or topological information about the object(s). Segmented 2D information can also be generated from the 2D image information. Validated 2D and 3D information can be produced by cross-referencing between the projective geometry information, clustered 3D information, and/or segmented 2D image information, and used to label the object(s) in the scene. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/418741 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00201 (20130101) G06K 9/342 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6218 (20130101) G06K 2209/40 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904869 | Wang et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Z. Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Xin Lu (State College, Pennsylvania); Poonam Suryanarayan (San Francisco, California); Reginald B. Adams, Jr. (Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania); Jia Li (State College, Pennsylvania); Michelle Newman (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Shape features in natural images influence emotions aroused in human beings. An in-depth statistical analysis helps to understand the relationship between shapes and emotions. Through experimental results on the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) dataset, evidence is presented as to the significance of roundness-angularity and simplicity-complexity on predicting emotional content in images. Shape features are combined with other state-of-the-art features to show a gain in prediction and classification accuracy. Emotions are modeled from a dimensional perspective in order to predict valence and arousal ratings, which have advantages over modeling the traditional discrete emotional categories. Images are distinguished vis-a-vis strong emotional content from emotionally neutral images with high accuracy. All of the methods and steps disclosed herein are implemented on a programmed digital computer, which may be a stand-alone machine or integrated into another piece of equipment such as a digital still or video camera including, in all embodiments, portable devices such as smart phones. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/395331 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4671 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905414 | Gordon et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Gerald Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jill S. Becker (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dennis Hausmann (Los Gatos, California); Seigi Suh (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal silicates or phosphates are deposited on a heated substrate by the reaction of vapors of alkoxysilanols or alkylphosphates along with reactive metal amides, alkyls or alkoxides. For example, vapors of tris(tert-butoxy)silanol react with vapors of tetrakis(ethylmethylamido) hafnium to deposit hafnium silicate on surfaces heated to 300° C. The product film has a very uniform stoichiometry throughout the reactor. Similarly, vapors of diisopropylphosphate react with vapors of lithium bis(ethyldimethylsilyl)amide to deposit lithium phosphate films on substrates heated to 250° C. Supplying the vapors in alternating pulses produces these same compositions with a very uniform distribution of thickness and excellent step coverage. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161903 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/34 (20130101) C01B 25/30 (20130101) C01B 25/36 (20130101) C01B 33/20 (20130101) C01B 33/26 (20130101) C01B 33/126 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 25/02 (20130101) C01G 27/02 (20130101) C01G 35/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/11 (20130101) C07F 9/091 (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 16/30 (20130101) C23C 16/40 (20130101) C23C 16/401 (20130101) C23C 16/402 (20130101) C23C 16/405 (20130101) C23C 16/455 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) C23C 16/45531 (20130101) C23C 16/45553 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02148 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02159 (20130101) H01L 21/02205 (20130101) H01L 21/02271 (20130101) H01L 21/3141 (20130101) H01L 21/31612 (20130101) H01L 28/40 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/0684 (20130101) H01L 29/42364 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905760 | Chen et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | I-Wei Chen (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Xiang Yang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are resistive switching devices having, e.g., an amorphous layer comprised of an insulating aluminum-based or silicon-based material and a conducting material. The amorphous layer may be disposed between two or more electrodes and be capable of switching between at least two resistance states. Circuits and memory devices including resistive switching devices are also disclosed, and a composition of matter involving an insulating aluminum-based or an silicon-based material and a conducting material. Also disclosed herein are methods for switching the resistance of an amorphous material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/181761 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/5685 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) G11C 13/0009 (20130101) G11C 2213/15 (20130101) G11C 2213/33 (20130101) G11C 2213/34 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/24 (20130101) H01L 45/085 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1266 (20130101) H01L 45/1625 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906357 | Johnson et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley Johnson (Tucson, Arizona); Milorad Cvijetic (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical receiver includes a detector and frame synchronizer. The detector receives an optical OFDM bit stream having a plurality of frames. Each frame has an in-phase and quadrature phase component. Each component has an OFDM symbol-bearing data payload and a synchronization header. The synchronization header includes a single synchronization pulse. The frame synchronizer detects the synchronization header on each phase component. The frame synchronizer includes first and second pairs of digital comparators for each of the in-phase and quadrature phase components. The first and second pairs of digital comparators associated with each phase component establishes different and adjustable threshold windows that is symmetric about a zero amplitude of the synchronization pulse of the respective phase component. Each frame is synchronized when the synchronization pulse respectively associated therewith is detected as having an amplitude extending beyond at least one of the windows established for one of the phase components. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/369211 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/613 (20130101) H04B 10/6161 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/0007 (20130101) H04L 7/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906872 | Odame et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kofi Odame (Hanover, New Hampshire); Valerie Hanson (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hearing prosthetic has microphones configured to receive audio with signal processing circuitry for reducing noise; apparatus configured to receive a signal derived from a neural interface, and to determine an interest signal when the user is interested in processed audio; and a transducer for providing processed audio to a user. The signal processing circuitry is controlled by the interest signal. In particular embodiments, the neural interface is electroencephalographic electrodes processed to detect a P300 interest signal, in other embodiments the interest signal is derived from a sensorimotor rhythm signal. In embodiments, the signal processing circuitry reduces noise by receiving sound from along a direction of focus, while rejecting sound from other directions; the direction of focus being set according to timing of the interest signal. In other embodiments, a sensorimotor rhythm signal is determined and binned, with direction of audio focus set according to amplitude. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/900457 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/43 (20130101) H04R 25/407 (20130101) H04R 25/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 25/554 (20130101) H04R 2225/43 (20130101) H04R 2225/67 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906884 | Meshram et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Alok Namdeo Meshram (Seattle, Washington); Dinesh Manocha (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ravish Mehra (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Enrique Dunn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jan-Michael Frahm (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hongsheng Yang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing adaptive rectangular decomposition (ARD) to perform head-related transfer function (HRTF) simulations are disclosed herein. According to one method, the method includes obtaining a mesh model representative of head and ear geometry of a listener entity and segmenting a simulation domain of the mesh model into a plurality of partitions. The method further includes conducting an ARD simulation on the plurality of partitions to generate simulated sound pressure signals within each of the plurality of partitions and processing the simulated sound pressure signals to generate at least one HRTF that is customized for the listener entity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225505 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Stereophonic Systems H04S 7/00 (20130101) H04S 7/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04S 2420/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09907138 | Wang et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quan Wang (Yichang, China PRC); Xinchi Zhang (Shangahi, China PRC); Kim L. Boyer (Averill Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A smart lighting system and method that estimates occupancy using perturbation-modulated light and distributed non-imaging color sensors. A system is disclosed that includes a plurality of non-imaging color sensors; a plurality of color controllable lights; a system that perturbs the color controllable lights within a space; a system that collects resulting color information from the non-imaging color sensors, and builds a light transport model based on collected color information; a system that estimates an occupancy pattern or distribution within a space; and an adjustment module that adjusts the color controllable lights based on the light transport model and a predefined control strategy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318732 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/08 (20130101) H05B 33/0815 (20130101) H05B 33/0845 (20130101) H05B 33/0854 (20130101) H05B 33/0872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 37/0227 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 09901846 | Zhou et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Shaojun Zhou (Palatine, Illinois); Howard S. Meyer (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Shiguang Li (Mount Prospect, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaojun Zhou (Palatine, Illinois); Howard S. Meyer (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Shiguang Li (Mount Prospect, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-loaded solvent uses two stages of flash apparatus. Carbon dioxide is flashed from the solvent at a higher temperature and pressure in the first stage, and a lower temperature and pressure in the second stage, and is fed to a multi-stage compression train for high pressure liquefaction. Because some of the carbon dioxide fed to the compression train is already under pressure, less energy is required to further compress the carbon dioxide to a liquid state, compared to conventional processes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549954 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 19/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 2252/10 (20130101) B01D 2252/102 (20130101) B01D 2252/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09901879 | Karnik et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohit N. Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Suman Bose (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael S. H. Boutilier (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou (Lexington, Massachusetts); Tarun Kumar Jain (New York, New York); Sean C. O'Hern (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tahar Laoui (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Muataz A. Atieh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Doojoon Jang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Two-dimensional material based filters, their method of manufacture, and their use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a membrane may include an active layer including a plurality of defects and a deposited material associated with the plurality of defects may reduce flow therethrough. Additionally, a majority of the active layer may be free from the material. In another embodiment, a membrane may include a porous substrate and an atomic layer deposited material disposed on a surface of the porous substrate. The atomic layer deposited material may be less hydrophilic than the porous substrate and an atomically thin active layer may be disposed on the atomic layer deposited material. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/530292 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/22 (20130101) B01D 65/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 65/108 (20130101) B01D 67/0006 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 71/025 (20130101) B01D 2053/221 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/304 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2257/702 (20130101) B01D 2323/283 (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 16/45555 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902652 | Devenney et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALERA CORPORATION (Moss Landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Devenney (Mountain View, California); Miguel Fernandez (San Jose, California); Irvin Chen (Santa Clara, California); Guillaume Calas (Mountain View, California); Michael Joseph Weiss (Los Gatos, California); Chantel Cabrera Tester (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods comprising a) treating a slag solid or carbide lime suspension with an ammonium salt in water to produce an aqueous solution comprising calcium salt, ammonium salt, and solids; b) contacting the aqueous solution with carbon dioxide from an industrial process under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant aqueous solution wherein the precipitation material and the supernatant aqueous solution comprise residual ammonium salt; and c) removing and optionally recovering ammonia and/or ammonium salt using one or more steps of (i) recovering a gas exhaust stream comprising ammonia during the treating and/or the contacting step; (ii) recovering the residual ammonium salt from the supernatant aqueous solution; and (iii) removing and optionally recovering the residual ammonium salt from the precipitation material. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/694348 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/24 (20130101) C01C 1/164 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 11/18 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 28/10 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 40/18 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902748 | Chavez et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Chavez (Ranch de Taos, New Mexico); Susan Kloek Hanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert Jason Scharff (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jacqueline Marie Veauthier (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomas Winfield Myers (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/713807 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 41/00 (20130101) Detonating or Priming Devices; Fuses; Chemical Lighters; Pyrophoric Compositions C06C 7/00 (20130101) C06C 9/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/30 (20130101) C07D 257/08 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) C07F 15/025 (20130101) C07F 15/045 (20130101) C07F 15/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902866 | Hersam et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Yu Teng Liang (Chicago, Illinois); Ethan B. Secor (Evanston, Illinois); Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi (Chicago, Illinois); Kanan P. Puntambekar (Chicago, Illinois); Michael L. Geier (Chicago, Illinois); Bok Y. Ahn (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jennifer A. Lewis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid, scalable methodology for graphene dispersion and concentration with a polymer-organic solvent medium, as can be utilized without centrifugation, to enhance graphene concentration. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/756304 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/01 (20130101) Printing, Duplicating, Marking, or Copying Processes; Colour Printing, B41M 5/0023 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/19 (20170801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/32 (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 11/14 (20130101) C09D 11/36 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/52 (20130101) C09D 11/322 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0005 (20130101) H01L 51/0045 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902964 | Bokinsky et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory E. Bokinsky (Delft, Netherlands); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a genetically modified host cell in a growth-arrested state producing an antibiotic. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/709328 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) C12N 15/10 (20130101) C12N 15/64 (20130101) C12N 15/65 (20130101) C12N 15/66 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902980 | Fischer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt R. Fischer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Austin J. Che (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reshma P. Shetty (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason R. Kelly (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure identifies pathways, mechanisms, systems and methods to confer chemoautotrophic production of carbon-based products of interest, such as sugars, alcohols, chemicals, amino acids, polymers, fatty acids and their derivatives, hydrocarbons, isoprenoids, and intermediates thereof, in organisms such that these organisms efficiently convert inorganic carbon to organic carbon-based products of interest using inorganic energy, such as formate, and in particular the use of organisms for the commercial production of various carbon-based products of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354354 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/0051 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/00 (20130101) C12P 7/00 (20130101) C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 101/05006 (20130101) C12Y 108/05004 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903001 | Koh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Chung-Yan Koh (Dublin, California); Ulrich Y. Schaff (Livermore, California); Gregory Jon Sommer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for detection of a nucleic acid including forming a plurality of nucleic acid detection complexes are described, each of the complexes including a nucleic acid analyte, a detection agent and a functionalized probe. The method further including binding the nucleic acid detection complexes to a plurality of functionalized particles in a fluid sample and separating the functionalized particles having the nucleic acid detection complexes bound thereto from the fluid sample using a density media. The nucleic acid analyte is detected by detecting the detection agent. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/941186 |
| 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 1/6888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903028 | Stahl et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shannon S. Stahl (Madison, Wisconsin); Mohammad Rafiee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of selectively modifying lignin, polycarboxylated products thereof, and methods of deriving aromatic compounds therefrom. The methods comprise electrochemically oxidizing lignin using stable nitroxyl radicals to selectively oxidize primary hydroxyls on β-O-4 phenylpropanoid units to corresponding carboxylic acids while leaving the secondary hydroxyls unchanged. The oxidation results in polycarboxylated lignin in the form of a polymeric β-hydroxy acid. The polymeric β-hydroxy acid has a high loading of carboxylic acid and can be isolated in acid form, deprotonated, and/or converted to a salt. The β-hydroxy acid, anion, or salt can also be subjected to acidolysis to generate various aromatic monomers or oligomers. The initial oxidation of lignin to the polycarboxylated form renders the lignin more susceptible to acidolysis and thereby enhances the yield of aromatic monomers and oligomers obtained through acidolysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/167053 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903033 | Sumant et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); Michael Zach (Stevens Point, Wisconsin); Alan David Marten (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous or semi-continuous process for fabricating nanowires or microwires makes use of the substantially planar template that may be moved through electrochemical solution to grow nanowires or microwires on exposed conductive edges on the surface of that template. The planar template allows fabrication of the template using standard equipment and techniques. Adhesive transfer may be used to remove the wires from the template and in one embodiment to draw a continuous wire from the template to be wound around the drum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948652 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/00 (20130101) C25D 1/04 (20130101) C25D 1/006 (20130101) C25D 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09904852 | Divakaran et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajay Divakaran (Monmouth Juncation, New Jersey); Qian Yu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Amir Tamrakar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Jiejie Zhu (East Windsor, New Jersey); Omar Javed (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Jingen Liu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jayakrishnan Eledath (Robbinsville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for object detection and tracking includes technologies to, among other things, detect and track moving objects, such as pedestrians and/or vehicles, in a real-world environment, handle static and dynamic occlusions, and continue tracking moving objects across the fields of view of multiple different cameras. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286305 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905318 | Perkins |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livewrmore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lindsay John Perkins (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid indirect-drive/direct drive for inertial confinement fusion utilizing laser beams from a first direction and laser beams from a second direction including a central fusion fuel component; a first portion of a shell surrounding said central fusion fuel component, said first portion of a shell having a first thickness; a second portion of a shell surrounding said fusion fuel component, said second portion of a shell having a second thickness that is greater than said thickness of said first portion of a shell; and a hohlraum containing at least a portion of said fusion fuel component and at least a portion of said first portion of a shell; wherein said hohlraum is in a position relative to said first laser beam and to receive said first laser beam and produce X-rays that are directed to said first portion of a shell and said fusion fuel component; and wherein said fusion fuel component and said second portion of a shell are in a position relative to said second laser beam such that said second portion of a shell and said fusion fuel component receive said second laser beam. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/261991 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fusion Reactors G21B 1/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21B 1/23 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905737 | Soer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lumileds LLC (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wouter Anthon Soer (Palo Alto, California); Rene Helbing (Palo Alto, California); Guan Huang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Different wavelength conversion materials, or different concentrations of a wavelength conversion material are used to encapsulate the light emitting elements of different colors of a hybrid light emitting module. In an embodiment of this invention, second light emitting elements (170) of a particular color are encapsulated with a transparent second encapsulant (120;420;520), while first light emitting elements (160) of a different color are encapsulated with a wavelength conversion first encapsulant (110;410;510). In another embodiment of this invention, a particular second set of second and third light emitting elements (170,580) of different colors is encapsulated with a different encapsulant than another first set of first light emitting elements (160). |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/106667 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 25/0753 (20130101) H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/52 (20130101) H01L 33/54 (20130101) H01L 33/508 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2933/005 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) H01L 2933/0091 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0845 (20130101) H05B 37/0209 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905744 | Ren et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Houston, Texas); Qian Zhang (Houston, Texas); Gang Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric composition comprising tin (Sn), tellurium (Te) and at least one dopant that comprises a peak dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of 1.1 and a Seebeck coefficient of at least 50 μV/K and a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric composition. A plurality of components are disposed in a ball-milling vessel, wherein the plurality of components comprise tin (Sn), tellurium (Te), and at least one dopant such as indium (In). The components are subsequently mechanically and thermally processed, for example, by hot-pressing. In response to the mechanical-thermally processing, a thermoelectric composition is formed, wherein the thermoelectric composition comprises a dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of the thermoelectric composition is at least 0.8, and wherein a Seebeck coefficient of the thermoelectric composition is at least 50 μV/K at any temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/307111 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905870 | Pintauro et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Peter N. Pintauro (Brentwood, Tennessee); Wenjing Zhang (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Pintauro (Brentwood, Tennessee); Wenjing Zhang (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer or uncharged polymer to form a solution and delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip. The method further includes the steps of applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip, and extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun fibers and deposit the generated fibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of fibers. Each fiber in the porous network of the mat has distributed particles of the catalyst. The method also includes the step of pressing the mat onto a membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/823968 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0014 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/003 (20130101) D01D 5/0007 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/8853 (20130101) H01M 4/8864 (20130101) H01M 4/8896 (20130101) H01M 4/9041 (20130101) H01M 8/102 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905888 | Burke et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Total Marketing Services (Puteaux, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Total S.A. (Courbevoie, France); Total Energies Nouvelles Activites USA (Coubervoie, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Burke (Framingham, Massachusetts); Brice H. V. Chung (Boston, Massachusetts); Satyajit R. Phadke (Arlington, Massachusetts); Xiaohui Ning (Shaanxi, China PRC); Donald R. Sadoway (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery system that exchanges energy with an external device is provided. The battery system includes a positive electrode having a first metal or alloy, a negative electrode having a second metal or alloy, and an electrolyte including a salt of the second metal or alloy. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte are in a liquid phase at an operating temperature during at least one portion of operation. The positive electrode is entirely in a liquid phase in one charged state and includes a solid phase in another charged state. The solid phase of the positive electrode includes a solid intermetallic formed by the first and the second metals or alloys. Methods of storing electrical energy from an external circuit using such a battery system are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/526897 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/405 (20130101) H01M 10/39 (20130101) H01M 10/44 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/399 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0052 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906078 | Klett et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Spectrum FML, Inc. (Fredricksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); SPECTRUM FML, INC. (Fredricksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard L. Moyers (Knoxville, Tennessee); John E. Monk (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Roger Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A magneto-energy apparatus includes an electromagnetic field source for generating a time-varying electromagnetic field. A graphite foam conductor is disposed within the electromagnetic field. The graphite foam when exposed to the time-varying electromagnetic field conducts an induced electric current, the electric current heating the graphite foam to produce light. An energy conversion device utilizes light energy from the heated graphite foam to perform a light energy consuming function. A device for producing light and a method of converting energy are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/466544 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 35/52 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 21/02 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 50/20 (20160201) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906311 | DeRose et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Christopher DeRose (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mohan Sarovar (Albany, California); Daniel B. S. Soh (Pleasanton, California); Anthony Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ryan Camacho (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies for performing continuous-variable (CV) and discrete-variable (DV) quantum key distribution (QKD) with integrated electro-optical circuits are described herein. An integrated DV-QKD system uses Mach-Zehnder modulators to modulate a polarization of photons at a transmitter and select a photon polarization measurement basis at a receiver. An integrated CV-QKD system uses wavelength division multiplexing to send and receive amplitude-modulated and phase-modulated optical signals with a local oscillator signal while maintaining phase coherence between the modulated signals and the local oscillator signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/078883 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/60 (20130101) H04B 10/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE46733 | Gray et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | BP Corporation North America Inc. (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BP Corporation North America Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin A. Gray (San Diego, California); Richard Dirmeier (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to enzymes having xylanase, mannanase and/or glucanase activity, e.g., catalyzing hydrolysis of internal β-1,4-xylosidic linkages or endo-β-1,4-glucanase linkages; and/or degrading a linear polysaccharide beta-1,4-xylan into xylose. Thus, the invention provides methods and processes for breaking down hemicellulose, which is a major component of the cell wall of plants, including methods and processes for hydrolyzing hemicelluloses in any plant or wood or wood product, wood waste, paper pulp, paper product or paper waste or byproduct. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases, mannanases and/or glucanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases, mannanases and/or glucanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/732217 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/248 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Pulp Compositions; Preparation Thereof Not Covered by Subclasses D21C or D21D; Impregnating or Coating of Paper; Treatment of Finished Paper Not Covered by Class B31 or Subclass D21G; Paper Not Otherwise Provided for D21H 17/22 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/678 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09902446 | Bradley |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur T. Bradley (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An amorphous robot includes a compartmented bladder containing fluid, a valve assembly, and an outer layer encapsulating the bladder and valve assembly. The valve assembly draws fluid from a compartment(s) and discharges the drawn fluid into a designated compartment to displace the designated compartment with respect to the surface. Another embodiment includes elements each having a variable property, an outer layer that encapsulates the elements, and a control unit. The control unit energizes a designated element to change its variable property, thereby moving the designated element. The elements may be electromagnetic spheres with a variable polarity or shape memory polymers with changing shape and/or size. Yet another embodiment includes an elongated flexible tube filled with ferrofluid, a moveable electromagnet, an actuator, and a control unit. The control unit energizes the electromagnet and moves the electromagnet via the actuator to magnetize the ferrofluid and lengthen the flexible tube. |
| FILED | Monday, January 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/986797 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/00 (20130101) B62D 57/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B62D 57/021 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/16 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/021 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09905370 | Chen |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Tuqiang Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuqiang Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage electrode and a device can be fabricated from Ultrafine Metal Mesh (UMM). Deposited onto the said UMM surfaces are electrode materials including electrochemically active materials and electrolytes, producing UMM-based electrodes. Lamination of alternately stacked positive and negative UMM-based electrodes results in high performance energy storage devices including supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, and Li metal batteries. The energy storage device shows improved energy and power characteristics resulting from the 3-D architectures of the UMM-based energy storage devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/639654 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/32 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/56 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/13 (20130101) H01M 4/74 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/0421 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09906291 | Nakamura et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| 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) | Yosuke Nakamura (Moffett Field, California); Nicolas T. Faber (Moffett Field, California); Chad R. Frost (Sunnyvale, California); Richard L. Alena (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a heterogeneous spacecraft network including a network management architecture to facilitate communication between a plurality of operations centers and a plurality of data user communities. The network management architecture includes a plurality of network nodes in communication with the plurality of operations centers. The present invention also provides a method of communication for a heterogeneous spacecraft network. The method includes: transmitting data from a first space segment to a first ground segment; transmitting the data from the first ground segment to a network management architecture; transmitting data from a second space segment to a second ground segment, the second space and ground segments having incompatible communication systems with the first space and ground segments; transmitting the data from the second ground station to the network management architecture; and, transmitting data from the network management architecture to a plurality of data user communities. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056970 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/18521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09901622 | Joseph et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Thermalin Diabetes, LLC (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THERMALIN DIABETES, INC. (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey I. Joseph (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Richard William Berenson (Waban, Massachusetts); Bruce Frank (Indianapolis, Indiana); Michael A. Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio); Thomas Hattier (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Gregory Dubé (Littleton, Massachusetts); Zhiqiang Chen (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides rapid-acting insulin and insulin analog formulations. The invention further provides delivery devices, particularly infusion sets, which allow for the rapid absorption of insulin and insulin analogs, as well as other active agents. Methods of using the insulin and insulin analog formulations as well as the insulin delivery devices for treating subjects with diabetes mellitus are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/110758 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0021 (20130101) A61K 36/05 (20130101) A61K 36/05 (20130101) A61K 36/23 (20130101) A61K 36/23 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/12 (20130101) A61K 47/20 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 47/183 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/142 (20130101) A61M 5/1723 (20130101) A61M 25/02 (20130101) A61M 37/0092 (20130101) A61M 2025/0253 (20130101) A61M 2037/0007 (20130101) A61M 2205/35 (20130101) A61M 2205/50 (20130101) A61M 2205/055 (20130101) A61M 2205/502 (20130101) A61M 2230/201 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/0448 (20130101) A61N 7/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902611 | Brosh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | NextInput, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEXTINPUT, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amnon Brosh (Santa Monica, California); Ryan Diestelhorst (San Jose, California); Steven Nasiri (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a miniaturized and ruggedized wafer level MEMS force sensor composed of a base and a cap. The sensor employs multiple flexible membranes, a mechanical overload stop, a retaining wall, and piezoresistive strain gauges. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/111044 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/0292 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00626 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/18 (20130101) G01L 1/205 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09902703 | Zhao et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Zhao (San Diego, California); Yunfei Zhu (San Diego, California); Shimiao Wang (San Diego, California); Sangdon Han (San Diego, California); Sun Hee Kim (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, diastereomeric mixture, or individual enantiomers thereof, that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/186088 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09902966 | Gopalan et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Champa Sengupta Gopalan (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Jose L. Ortega-Carranza (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention comprise altering the biosynthesis and accumulation of sucrose in legumes by transforming the plants with the sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene of maize, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise altering the assimilation of nitrogen in legumes by transforming the plants with the glutamine synthetase (GS) gene of soybean, and closely related regulatory genes. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise transforming legume plants with both SPS and GS genes. In addition, embodiments of the present invention relate to enhancing expression of transgenes through the 5′ UTR of the glycine max (soybean) cytosolic glutamine synthetase (Gmglnβ1) gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/232687 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8222 (20130101) C12N 15/8241 (20130101) C12N 2710/16143 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903052 | Wanjura et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Bayer Cropscience (Idalou, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Bayer Cropscience LP (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Wanjura (Tulia, Texas); Craig Bednarz (Idalou, Texas); Gregory A. Holt (Brownfield, Texas); Mathew G. Pelletier (Idalou, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The lint cleaning system is a modified jet-type lint cleaner that includes a supplemental air control vane. The supplemental air control vane (among other things) segregates discharged foreign materials from incoming supplemental air so that the incoming supplemental air is not contaminated by the discharged materials. The current system also enables a user to more effectively control the volume and the pathway of supplemental air entering the cleaner and thereby optimize the function of the air cleaner. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689293 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preliminary Treatment of Fibres, e.g for Spinning D01G 9/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01G 9/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09903793 | Meiman, Jr. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph John Meiman, Jr. (Park City, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Meiman, Jr. (Park City, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for controlling biofouling of a datasonde. The apparatus includes a sample chamber that attaches to the end of the datasonde and encloses its sensor array. The sample chamber is plumbed with a water tube that allows ambient water to flow into and out of the sample chamber. The chamber is also plumbed with an air tube that allows air to flow into and out of the sample chamber. The air tube is split above the water surface with each side having an in-line solenoid valve. One side of the air tube is connected to a compressed air source and the other side is open to the atmosphere. Compressed air is introduced to the sample chamber at set intervals, forcing extant sample water from the sample chamber via the water tube to control biofouling of the sensor array. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/936575 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/1886 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903817 | Haase et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The United State of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl B. Haase (Herndon, Virginia); Ward E. Sanford (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The dissolved gas sensor system includes a dissolved gas sensor partially located within a housing and partially extending through the housing lid. The sensor is created by affixing a selectively permeable membrane to a dissolved gas transducer with a waterproof polymer. This forms a membrane cavity between the membrane, polymer, and transducer. The membrane cavity allows the transducer to detect whatever gas or gases can pass through the selectively permeable membrane. These readings pass to a controller located within the housing body that can receive and process data, and store the data in a removable data storage for later retrieval by a user. The controller can also regulate overall power consumption of the system to increase the operating life of the system. |
| FILED | Monday, January 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/407095 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 19/0031 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/61 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 2201/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09902935 | Lee et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyeong Woo Lee (Gainesville, Florida); Brian Samuel Wilson (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention concerns the use of PIP or S100A8 for the generation of regulatory T cells. The current invention provides a method of generating regulatory T cells by contacting immature DC with PIP or S100A8 to produce tolerogenic DC and further contacting naïve T cells to the tolerogenic DC to produce regulatory T cells. The invention also concerns PIP protein where immature DC contacted with PIP produce tolerogenic DC that induce conversion of naïve T-cells into regulatory T cells. The invention also concerns S100A8 protein where immature DC contacted with S100A8 produce tolerogenic DC that induce conversion of naïve T-cells into regulatory T cells. The invention also provides methods for identification of factors secreted by iNKT cells that induce conversion of immature DC into tolerogenic DC. The subject invention also concerns using regulatory T cells for treatment and/or management of cancer or the diseases of the immune system. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763002 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/064 (20130101) C12N 5/0637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09903350 | Li et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Na Li (Richardson, Texas); Carter S. Haines (Murphy, Texas); Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, Texas); Monica Jung De Andrade (Richardson, Texas); Shaoli Fang (Richardson, Texas); Jiyoung Oh (Richardson, Texas); Mikhail E. Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Fatma Goktepe (Merkez, Turkey); Ozer Goktepe (Merkez, Turkey); Dongseok Suh (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twist-spun nanofiber yarn or twist-inserted polymer fibers generate torsional and/or tensile actuation when powered electrically, photonically, chemically, thermally, by absorption, or by other means. These artificial muscles utilize non-coiled or coiled yarns and can be either neat or comprising a guest. Devices comprising these artificial muscles are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/418811 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0007 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/00 (20130101) Spinning or Twisting D01H 1/10 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) D02G 3/26 (20130101) D02G 3/448 (20130101) Braiding or Manufacture of Lace, Including Bobbin-net or Carbonised Lace; Braiding Machines; Braid; Lace D04C 1/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2401/046 (20130101) D10B 2401/061 (20130101) D10B 2509/00 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 10/00 (20130101) H02N 11/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2925 (20150115) Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09903808 | Plusquellic et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Plusquellic (Boulder, Colorado); David A. Long (Bethesda, Maryland); Kevin O. Douglass (Columbia, Maryland); Joseph T. Hodges (Washington Grove, Maryland); Adam J. Fleisher (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A comb source includes a continuous wave frequency source to provide a continuous wave radiation; a first modulator in optical communication with the continuous wave frequency source; a second modulator in optical communication with continuous wave frequency source; and a waveform driver in electrical communication with the first modulator and the second modulator. A process for producing an analyte spectrum includes producing a first comb from a continuous wave frequency and a first waveform; producing a reference comb and a probe comb from the first comb; subjecting a sample to the probe comb; producing a sample comb in response to subjecting the sample to the probe comb; producing a composite comb from the reference comb and the sample comb; producing a second comb from the continuous wave frequency and a second waveform; and combining the second comb and the composite comb to produce the analyte spectrum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590218 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/433 (20130101) G01J 3/453 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/39 (20130101) G01N 21/255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/399 (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 1/01 (20130101) G02F 2203/56 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0057 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09901624 | Kishore et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Bellamkonda K. Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Noel G. Carlson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Donald E. Kohan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Raoul D. Nelson (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellamkonda K. Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Noel G. Carlson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Donald E. Kohan (Salt Lake City, Utah); Raoul D. Nelson (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and for induction of diuretic effect. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305999 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/549 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/46 (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) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 306/01005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09903959 | Smith et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corp. of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Smith (Tempe, Arizona); Eric Forsythe (Rockville, Maryland); David Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a method of operating a detection sensor array. The detection sensor array has multiple detection sensors. Each detection sensor of the multiple detection sensors has an enabled state and a disabled state, and each detection sensor of the multiple detection sensors is configured to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation when in the enabled state and not to detect and identify electromagnetic radiation when in the disabled state. The detection sensor array also has a test state in which all of the multiple detection sensors operate in the enabled state when the detection sensor array is in the test state. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/147430 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/08 (20130101) G01J 1/4228 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/3454 (20130101) H04N 5/3572 (20130101) H04N 17/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US D811688 | Spears et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael LeRoy Spears (Chantilly, Virginia); Joel L. Dewnandan (Bladenburg, Maryland); Donald Eugene Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Joram Shenhar (Fairfax, Virginia); William Albert Tartal (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 29/595568 |
| ART UNIT | 2919 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous D99/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2018/fedinvent-patents-20180227.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
Download a copy of the How To Use This Page