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| US 09907475 | Kipke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daryl R. Kipke (Dexter, Michigan); Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nick Langhals (Haslett, Michigan); Joerg Lahann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Xiaopei Deng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paras Patel (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daryl R. Kipke (Dexter, Michigan); Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nick Langhals (Haslett, Michigan); Joerg Lahann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Xiaopei Deng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paras Patel (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides robust implantable micro-component electrodes that can be used in a variety of medical devices. The medical device may be a neural probe that can monitor or stimulate neural activity in an organism's brain, spine, nerves, or organs, for example. The micro-component electrode has a small physical profile, with ultra-thin dimensions, while having high strength and flexibility. The micro-electrode has an electrically conductive core material, e.g., carbon. The surface of the core material includes one or more electrically conductive regions coated with an electrically conductive material and one or more non-conductive regions having an electrically non-conductive biocompatible polymeric coating. Implantable devices having such micro-components are capable of implantation in an organism for very long durations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/805132 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/685 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/125 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09907479 | Arora |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rishi Arora (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to methods of detecting reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cardiac tissue and treatment modalities for ablating ROS-associated tissue in cardiac disease. The methods rely upon targeting ROS-associated cardiac tissue for ablation and/or gene therapy in a subject using analytical tools based upon a plurality of recorded atrial EGMs for a tissue to assess ROS content and underlying AF organization as a function of ROS blockade conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/453947 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/04014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4839 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0058 (20130101) |
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| US 09907489 | Hargrove et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Levi Hargrove (Chicago, Illinois); Aaron Young (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to a hierarchy of classifiers, including linear discriminant analysis (LDA) classifiers, arranged to provide simultaneous control of multiple degrees of freedom of a prosthetic. The high accuracy of the hierarchical approach allows pattern recognition techniques to be extended to permit simultaneous control, potentially allowing amputees to produce more fluid, life-like movements, ultimately increasing their quality of life. The hierarchy may also be used to control a biological interface that allows input to computers for persons with disabilities, used as a potential video-game controller, and used as an input interface for tablets, and phones. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918418 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04888 (20130101) A61B 5/7267 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) |
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| US 09907515 | Doyle, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Doyle, III (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eyal Dassau (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Howard Zissser (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rebecca Harvey (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A machine for processing continuous glucose monitoring data and issuing an alert if hypoglycemia is imminent has three modules: (a) a pre-processing module that receives and modulates continuous glucose monitoring data by reducing noise and adjusting for missed data points and shifts due to calibration; (b) a core algorithm module that receives data from the pre-processing module and calculates a rate of change to make a hypoglycemia prediction, and determine if hypoglycemia is imminent; and (c) an alarm mode module that receives data from the core algorithm and issues an audio or visual alert or warning message or a negative feedback signal to an insulin delivery device if hypoglycemia is imminent. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/422811 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/746 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) |
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| US 09907564 | Lockard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MICROFABRICA INC. (Van Nuys, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microfabrica Inc. (Van Nuys, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Lockard (Lake Elizabeth, California); Uri Frodis (Los Angeles, California); Adam L. Cohen (Los Angeles, California); Richard T. Chen (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of micro-scale or millimeter scale devices and to the use of multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication methods for producing such devices with particular embodiments relate to shredding devices and more particularly to shredding devices for use in medical applications. In some embodiments, tissue removal devices are used in procedures to removal spinal tissue and in other embodiments, similar devices are used to remove thrombus from blood vessel. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/634424 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/02 (20130101) A61B 17/14 (20130101) A61B 17/221 (20130101) A61B 17/1659 (20130101) A61B 17/1671 (20130101) A61B 17/32002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/320725 (20130101) A61B 17/320758 (20130101) A61B 90/361 (20160201) A61B 2017/003 (20130101) A61B 2017/00261 (20130101) A61B 2017/00327 (20130101) A61B 2017/00526 (20130101) A61B 2017/00539 (20130101) A61B 2017/00553 (20130101) A61B 2017/2212 (20130101) A61B 2017/2215 (20130101) A61B 2017/320048 (20130101) A61B 2017/320064 (20130101) A61B 2017/320775 (20130101) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 80/00 (20141201) Gearing F16H 55/06 (20130101) F16H 55/18 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/19623 (20150115) |
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| US 09907696 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin U. Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Peter L. Gehlbach (Monkton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A motion-compensated cutting system includes a hand-held tool body, and an actuator connected to the tool body. A shaft of the actuator is movable relative to the tool body so that a distal end of a cutting implement attached to the shaft is axially movable relative to the tool body. An optical coherence tomography system includes an optical fiber with a distal end fixed relative to the distal end of the cutting implement. The system includes a control unit that can determine a position of the distal end of the cutting implement relative to a reference surface based on input from the optical coherence tomography system. The control unit can control the cutting implement to compensate for relative motion between the tool body and the reference surface, and can maintain a predetermined depth of the distal end of the cutting implement with respect to the reference surface. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256695 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/7207 (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 9/0133 (20130101) A61F 9/00736 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09907704 | Laulicht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women s Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Laulicht (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey M. Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for securing to and removing adhesive tapes from substrates, e.g., delicate substrates such as skin, are described. The methods include providing an adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a support layer in contact with the adhesive layer. A first adhesion level between the adhesive layer and the support layer is, or can be controlled to be, less than a second adhesion level between the adhesive layer and the substrate. The methods further include applying the adhesive tape to the substrate by contacting the adhesive layer to the substrate while the support layer remains in contact with the adhesive layer; and removing the support layer from the substrate by separating the support layer from the adhesive layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/405917 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 13/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 13/025 (20130101) A61F 13/0246 (20130101) A61F 13/0253 (20130101) A61F 13/0256 (20130101) A61F 13/0259 (20130101) A61F 13/0269 (20130101) A61F 2013/008 (20130101) A61F 2013/0071 (20130101) A61F 2013/00412 (20130101) A61F 2013/00676 (20130101) A61F 2013/00685 (20130101) A61F 2013/00702 (20130101) A61F 2013/00748 (20130101) A61F 2013/00804 (20130101) A61F 2013/00838 (20130101) A61F 2013/15569 (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 65/5021 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/26 (20130101) B32B 38/10 (20130101) B32B 2037/268 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/0285 (20130101) C09J 2205/302 (20130101) C09J 2467/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2839 (20150115) Y10T 428/24851 (20150115) |
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| US 09907731 | Lau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chantal Lau (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Joseph E. Newman (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Brian Wadsworth (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Chantal Lau (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Joseph E. Newman (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Brian Wadsworth (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-paced, ergonomic feeding bottle with a substantially-straight back sidewall and an “S”-shaped curved front sidewall; where the curved front sidewall comprises two sections: (1) a convex chest section near the top, and (2) a concave handle section near the bottom, comprising a concave crook and a thin waist. The top-heavy bottle has a single plane of symmetry located between the right and left hand sides of the bottle. An anti-vacuum valve can be inserted into a vent hole. Side positioning markers can be used to achieve zero hydrostatic pressure during use. Anti-roll pads are part of the front sidewall. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549519 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 9/00 (20130101) A61J 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61J 9/0623 (20150501) A61J 11/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09907753 | Irvine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell J. Irvine (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jaehyun Moon (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides delivery systems comprised of stabilized multilamellar vesicles, as well as compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of use thereof. The stabilized multilamellar vesicles may comprise prophylactic, therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/452992 |
| 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 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1273 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/35 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2984 (20150115) |
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| US 09907761 | Palczewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio); David A. Saperstein (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio); David A. Saperstein (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of and methods for using synthetic retinoids as retinoid replacements and opsin agonists are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420465 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/695 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/912 (20130101) |
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| US 09907762 | Palczewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Palczewski (Bellevue, Washington); Shalesh Kaushal (Gainesville, Florida); Vladimir Kuksa (Seattle, Washington); Syed M. Noorwez (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for stabilizing opsin protein, such as a Pro23His mutant opsin protein, in a vertebrate visual system, by administration of opsin-binding synthetic retinoids, are provided. The mutant opsin protein binds to the synthetic retinoid, which stabilizes the mutant opsin protein and/or ameliorates the effects of the mutant opsin protein on the vertebrate visual system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/845761 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/695 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/912 (20130101) |
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| US 09907796 | Deokar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhushikesh Chandrabhan Deokar (Haryana, India); Sundeep Dugar (San Jose, California); Dinesh Mahajan (Haryana, India); Milton Henry Werner (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rhushikesh Chandrabhan Deokar (Haryana, India); Sundeep Dugar (San Jose, California); Dinesh Mahajan (Haryana, India); Milton Henry Werner (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds and their synthesis are described. Methods for using these compounds in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a bacterial infection or a viral infection in a subject are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/266802 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 309/04 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mingzhao Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Dual suppression of the MAP kinase and PI3K/Akt pathways showed synergistic or greatly enhanced anti-melanoma cell effects, compared to suppression of a single pathway, including the inhibition of cell proliferation, transformation and invasion, induction of G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and, importantly, cell apoptosis. Remarkably, suppression of either pathway induces the expression of thyroid iodide-handling genes and dual suppression of the two pathways synergistically and robustly induces expression of these genes, accompanied by uptake of radioiodine in the cells. These genes include sodium/iodide symporter, thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor, thyroglobulin, thyroperoxidase, pendrin gene, thyroid transcription factors (e.g., TTF-1, TTF-2, PAX8) and other thyroid genes. Targeting major signaling pathways, such as the MAP kinase and PI3K/Akt pathways, for potent cell death, optionally coupled with induction of thyroid gene expression for adjunct radioiodine ablation therapy may be used for many human cancers, both thyroid and non-thyroid. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/002457 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/058 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09907821 | Harrell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MAM Holdings of West Florida, L.L.C. (Tarpon Springs, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAM Holdings of West Florida, L.L.C. (Tarpon Springs, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Randall Harrell (Tarpon Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A human amniotic fluid formulation has been developed for administration into a joint or associated soft tissue such as a tendon or ligament for treatment of pain, degeneration or injury. The formulation is a sterile de-cellularized human amniotic fluid (D-HAF), devoid of amniotic stemcells and elements of micronized membrane or chorion particles, which has not been heat treated or treated with ethidium bromide. The formulation is optionally diluted, or concentrated, depending on the severity of the disorder or injury. Examples demonstrate efficacy in treatment of pain, disease, disorder, degeneration or injury of a joint or associated soft. |
| FILED | Monday, October 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/289367 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 1/05 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09907822 | Tarleton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick Tarleton (Bogart, Georgia); Samarchith Kurup (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a composition that includes a transgenic pathogen that expresses a heterologous pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP). In some embodiments, the pathogen may be attenuated. In some embodiments, the pathogen can include T. cruzi. In another aspect, this disclosure describes a method of treating an infection in a subject. Generally, the method includes administering to the subject, in an amount effective to treat the infection, a pathogen genetically modified to express a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) not natively expressed by the pathogen. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/761733 |
| 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 35/13 (20130101) A61K 35/66 (20130101) A61K 35/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/76 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/22 (20130101) C07K 14/255 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/10 (20130101) C12N 5/0693 (20130101) |
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| US 09907828 | Janssen-Heininger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yvonne M. Janssen-Heininger (Charlotte, Vermont); Vikas Anathy (Essex Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for treating certain oxidative stress conditions. In one aspect, compositions and methods of the invention can be used to treat a subject having an oxidative stress condition, for example, a subject having pulmonary fibrosis. In some embodiments, an inhibitor of ERp57 (for example, thiomuscimol) and/or an inhibitor of GSTP (for example, TLK-199) may be used to treat the subject. Also provided in certain aspects of the present invention are kits for such therapies, methods for promoting such therapies, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/407265 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 31/425 (20130101) A61K 31/425 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 205/01018 (20130101) C12Y 503/04001 (20130101) |
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| US 09907830 | Mohammadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moosa Mohammadi (Scarsdale, New York); Regina Goetz (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of treating chronic kidney disease. This method involves selecting a subject with chronic kidney disease and administering to the selected subject an inhibitor of FGF23-Klotho-FGF receptor complex formation under conditions effective to treat the chronic kidney disease. The present invention is also directed to a method of treating or preventing chronic kidney disease symptoms and/or complications, which involves selecting a subject with a chronic kidney disease symptom and/or complication and and administering to the selected subject an inhibitor of FGF23-Klotho-FGF receptor complex formation under conditions effective to treat the chronic kidney disease. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763263 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/59 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/84 (20130101) G01N 30/00 (20130101) G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) |
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| US 09907832 | Kotenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergei V. Kotenko (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Grant F. Gallagher (Milltown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel IFN-α/β independent ligand receptor system which upon engagement leads, among other things, to the establishment of an anti-viral state is disclosed. Further disclosed are three closely positioned genes on human chromosome 19 that encode distinct but highly homologous proteins, designated INF-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3, based inter alia, in their ability to induce antiviral protection. Expression of these proteins is induced upon viral infection. A receptor complex utilized by all three IFN-λ proteins for signaling is also disclosed. The receptor complex is generally composed of two subunits, a novel receptor designated IFN-λR1 or CRF2-12, and a second subunit, IL-10R2 or CRF2-4, which is also a shared receptor component for the IL-10 and IL-22 receptor complexes. The gene encoding IFN-λR1 is generally widely expressed, including many different cell types and tissues. Expression of these proteins is induced by immune events, including, for example, upon viral infection. Apoptotosis may also be induced under effective conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/694297 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/555 (20130101) C07K 14/7156 (20130101) C07K 16/249 (20130101) C07K 16/2866 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6866 (20130101) G01N 2333/555 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09907833 | Conrad |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk P. Conrad (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject application relates to methods for treating a placental syndrome, wherein relaxin is administered during the late secretory/luteal (LS) phase of the menstrual cycle in women who have a propensity for developing the placental syndrome. In certain embodiments, administration of relaxin continues beyond the LS phase and into pregnancy. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/340858 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/2221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2800/368 (20130101) |
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| US 09907845 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington); Darrick Carter (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/096582 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/107 (20130101) A61K 39/04 (20130101) A61K 39/008 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/35 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) |
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| US 09907848 | Exley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Exley (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Lydia Lynch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Donal O'Shea (Dublin, Ireland); Cliona O'Farrelly (Wexford, Ireland); Steven P. Balk (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery that increases in invariant NKT cell (iNKT) number and/or activity can reduce the incidence or severity of metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. The invention accordingly features methods, kits, and compositions for the treatment of such metabolic disorders by administration of a composition capable of increasing iNKT activity. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/021825 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/7032 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09907850 | Schneewind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois); Alice Cheng (Boston, Massachusetts); Dominique M. Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Hwan Keun Kim (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant or an antibody directed thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/968023 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/085 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1271 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09907853 | Maines |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahin D. Maines (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing hyperglycemia and diseases associated with hyperglycemia. In certain embodiments, the composition comprises a peptide having the amino acid sequence KRSCYK wherein the peptide consists of D-amino acids is useful in treating or preventing diabetes. In some aspects, the peptide of the invention is encapsulated in a nanoparticle. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/599532 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/042 (20130101) |
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| US 09907859 | Tyavanagimatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanthakumar R. Tyavanagimatt (Corvallis, Oregon); Melialani A. C. L. S. Anderson (Corvallis, Oregon); William Weimers (Corvallis, Oregon); Gopi Krishna Kasi (Lynnwood, Washington); N K Peter Samuel (Corvallis, Oregon); Tove′ C. Bolken (Keizer, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a novel liquid formulation for solubilizing poorly soluble ST-246 in cyclodextrins and a novel process of making the formulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/955674 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/724 (20130101) A61K 31/724 (20130101) A61K 31/724 (20130101) A61K 31/4035 (20130101) A61K 31/4035 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 47/6951 (20170801) A61K 47/48969 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 2710/24071 (20130101) |
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| US 09907861 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung Wan Kim (Salt Lake City, Utah); Hye Yeong Nam (Cheongju-si, South Korea); Kihoon Nam (Salt Lake City, Utah); David A. Bull (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The polymeric carrier for delivering nucleic acid material to a cell is provided herein. The polymeric carrier can include a dendrimer group having 2 to 8 termini, each of the termini having an arginine-grafted bioreducible polymer attached thereto. In one embodiment, only a portion of the termini can have an arginine-grafted bioreducible polymer attached thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373312 |
| 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 47/34 (20130101) A61K 47/595 (20170801) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09907949 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alfred E. Mann (Beverly Hills, California); James S. Little (Saugus, California); Karl-Heinz Ihrig (Valencia, California); Brian V. Mech (Valencia, California); Neil H. Talbot (Montrose, California); DaoMin Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alfred E. Mann (Beverly Hills, California); James S. Little (Saugus, California); Karl-Heinz Ihrig (Valencia, California); Brian V. Mech (Valencia, California); Neil H. Talbot (Montrose, California); DaoMin Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is a retinal electrode array assembly and methods of using the same that facilitate surgical implant procedures by providing the operating surgeon with visual references and grasping means and with innovations that reduce actual and potential damage to the retina and the surrounding tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/933878 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09907958 | Edgerton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Louisville, Kentucky); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Jonathan Hodes (Louisville, Kentucky); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky); Thomas Anthony Desautels (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of enabling locomotor control, postural control, voluntary control of body movements (e.g., in non-weight bearing conditions), and/or autonomic functions in a human subject having spinal cord injury, brain injury, or neurological neuromotor disease are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790729 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0237 (20130101) A61H 1/0274 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0556 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36153 (20130101) Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 21/00181 (20130101) A63B 22/0235 (20130101) A63B 69/0064 (20130101) A63B 2213/004 (20130101) A63B 2220/805 (20130101) A63B 2230/60 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2270/0421 (20130101) |
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| US 09908841 | Wainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irving William Wainer (Washington, District of Columbia); Weizhong Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Khalid Chakir (Baltimore, Maryland); Rui-Ping Xiao (Baltimore, Maryland); Darrell R. Abernethy (Annapolis, Maryland); Farideh M. Beigi Abhari (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure concerns the discovery of (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogs which are highly effective at binding β2-adrenergic receptors. Exemplary chemical structures for these analogs are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions including the disclosed (R,R)-fenoterol and fenoterol analogs, and methods of using such compounds and compositions for the treatment of cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure and pulmonary disorders such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/347354 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 215/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908846 | Fleming et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY GHOST (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fraser Fergusson Fleming (Falls Church, Virginia); Jesus Armando Lujan-Montelongo (Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel isonitriles, including arylsulfonyl isonitriles, and methods for their synthesis. The isonitriles include a conjugated ring system. The structure is designed with the flexibility to have multiple substitution patterns. The isonitriles may be used in applications including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626984 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 317/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 317/30 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09908848 | Piomelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Universita Degli Studi Di Urbino “Carlo Bo” (Urbino, Italy); Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Technologia (Genoa, Italy); Universita Degli Studi Di Parma (Parma, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genoa, Italy); Universita Degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo” (Urbino, Italy); Universita Degli Studi di Parma (Parma, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Marco Mor (Ghedi, Italy); Giorgio Tarzia (Petriano, Italy); Fabio Bertozzi (Genoa, Italy); Andrea Nuzzi (Davoli, Italy); Annalisa Fiasella (Pisa, Italy); Tiziano Bandiera (Gambolo, Italy); Angelo Mario Reggiani (Recco, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which inhibit N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA). Described herein are methods for synthesizing the compounds set forth herein and methods for formulating these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions which include these compounds. Also described herein are methods of inhibiting NAAA in order to sustain the levels of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and other N-acylethanolamines (NAE) that are substrates for NAAA, in conditions characterized by reduced concentrations of NAE. Also, described here are methods of treating and ameliorating pain, inflammation, inflammatory diseases, and other disorders in which modulation of fatty acid ethanolamides is clinically or therapeutically relevant or in which decreased levels of NAE are associated with the disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/853697 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908849 | Lynch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Thomas P. Mathews (Charlottesville, Virginia); Andrew Kennedy (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yugesh Kharel (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Imidamide (amidine) analogs that can inhibit the activity of sphingosine kinase 1 and sphingosine kinase 2 (SphK1 & SphK2) are provided. The compounds can prevent angiogenesis in tumors. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/242330 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 257/16 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2103/74 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908851 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pei Zhou (Durham, North Carolina); Eric J. Toone (Durham, North Carolina); Robert A. Nicholas (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds of formulae: (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R1, R2, Y, and Z are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/912137 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/455 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 211/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09908856 | Wagner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Wagner (Glendale, Arizona); Pamela Marshall (Peoria, Arizona); Peter Jurutka (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds and compositions that are useful for treating conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cancer, and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/121324 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/505 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/50 (20130101) C07C 223/06 (20130101) C07C 309/31 (20130101) C07C 2602/10 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 213/48 (20130101) C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 213/79 (20130101) C07D 215/227 (20130101) C07D 235/10 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 241/20 (20130101) C07D 241/28 (20130101) C07D 249/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 307/79 (20130101) C07D 333/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09908871 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Song (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Jianwen Xu (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to functional polymers and hydrogels. More particularly, the invention provides versatile monomers and polymers with well-defined functionalities, e.g., polycarbonates and poly(ester-carbonates), compositions thereof, and methods for making and using the same. The invention also provides cytocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)-co-polycarobonate hydrogels (e.g., crosslinked by copper-free, strain-promoted “click” chemistry). |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/178722 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 247/04 (20130101) C07C 247/10 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 319/06 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/18 (20130101) C08G 64/183 (20130101) C08G 64/0208 (20130101) C08G 64/0241 (20130101) C08G 64/0291 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 69/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09908872 | Treon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Treon (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Sara Jean Buhrlage (Somerville, Massachusetts); Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Li Tan (Boston, Massachusetts); Guang Yang (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of any one of Formulae (I) to (V) (e.g., compounds of any one of Formulae (I-1) to (I-9)), and methods for treating Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) and other B cell neoplams in a subject using the compounds. The methods comprise administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of the compounds. Also provided are methods to treat B cell neoplasms using the compounds in combination with inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1), interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4), bone marrow on X chromosome kinase (BMX), phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), transforming growth factor b-activated kinase-1 (TAK1), and/or a Src family kinase. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/104005 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (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) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 409/14 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09908876 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Miller (South Bend, Indiana); Garrett C. Moraski (South Bend, Indiana); Lowell D. Markley (South Bend, Indiana); George E. Davis (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to the field of chemistry and biochemistry, and, more specifically, to imidazopyridine compounds, synthesis thereof, and methods of using same. Disclosed herein are various imidazo[1,2-a]pyhdine compounds and methods of using the novel compounds to treat or prevent tuberculosis in a subject or to inhibit fungal growth on plant species. Other embodiments include methods of synthesizing imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds, such as the disclosed imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056630 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — 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) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09908884 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Pasi Janne (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael J. Eck (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Pasi Janne (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael J. Eck (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyridine, pyridine, purine and triazine compounds which are able to modulate epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), including Her-kinases, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/319079 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 473/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908890 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taosheng Chen (Germantown, Tennessee); Milu Cherian (Memphis, Tennessee); Wenwei Lin (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The compounds of the invention are antagonists of CAR, with specificity for CAR over other proteins including PXR. The disclosed compounds are useful in treating or controlling cell proliferative disorders, in particular oncological disorders, such as cancer. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/519109 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 223/22 (20130101) C07D 223/28 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 487/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908892 | Janganati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Venumadhav Janganati (Little Rock, Arkansas); Narsimha Reddy Penthala (Little Rock, Arkansas); Peter A. Crooks (Little Rock, Arkansas); Craig T. Jordan (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIOVENTURES, LLC (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venumadhav Janganati (Little Rock, Arkansas); Narsimha Reddy Penthala (Little Rock, Arkansas); Peter A. Crooks (Little Rock, Arkansas); Craig T. Jordan (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides derivatives of melampomagnolide B (MMB), including carbonates, carbamates, and thiocarbamates. The derivatives may be synthesized via an MMB triazole intermediate. These derivatives are useful for treating cancer in humans. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254849 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908915 | Sessa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Sessa (Madison, Connecticut); Frank J. Giordano (Madison, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated transport peptide, which crosses the cell membrane of a cell and/or binds to a target cell, is described. The transport peptide can be incorporated into a transport construct in which the transport peptide is linked to a cargo moiety to be delivered into a cell. Also described herein is a method of delivering a transport construct into and/or to a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/036849 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/645 (20170801) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 14/4703 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09908918 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Lin (Stanford, California); Jun Chu (Shenzhen, China PRC); Younghee Oh (Incheon, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lin (Stanford, California); Jun Chu (Shenzhen, China PRC); Younghee Oh (Incheon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered orange-red fluorescent proteins with enhanced fluorescent properties, obtained by mutagenesis of mNeptune2, are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to engineered orange-red fluorescent proteins excitable with cyan light having increased emission intensity and their use in bioluminescent resonance energy transfer systems and fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/197772 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0082 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0045 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43595 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/60 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0069 (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 1/66 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 113/12007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/763 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09908923 | Volkman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Volkman (Muskego, Wisconsin); Joshua Ziarek (Boston, Massachusetts); Christopher Veldkamp (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Francis Peterson (Racine, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a CXCL121 peptide engineered to resist peptide-induced dimerization by maintaining steric repulsion of the chemokine helix, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using said dimer in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disease, and HIV/AIDS. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/736535 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908925 | Weiss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical formulation comprises insulin having a variant insulin B-chain polypeptide containing an ortho-monofluoro-Phenylalanine substitution at position B24 in combination with a substitution of an amino acid containing an acidic side chain at position B10, allowing the insulin to be present at a concentration of between 0.6 mM and 3.0 mM. The formulation may optionally be devoid of zinc. Amino-acid substitutions at one or more of positions B3, B28, and B29 may additionally be present. The variant B-chain polypeptide may be a portion of a proinsulin analog or single-chain insulin analog. The insulin analog may be an analog of a mammalian insulin, such as human insulin. A method of lowering the blood sugar of a patient comprises administering a physiologically effective amount of the insulin analog or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof to the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354667 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908926 | Van Horn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wade Van Horn (Mesa, Arizona); Nicholas Sisco (Chandler, Arizona); Parthasarathi Rath (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A region of the TRPM8 protein that functions as a temperature switch (FIG. 1) has been identified, and can be expressed, purified and applied in combination with other proteins. The function of the switch is maintained even when the region or domain is isolated from the entire protein. As the protein domain is a temperature switch, it can be used to control other proteins and signaling pathways in vitro and in vivo; and 2) TRPM8 is a therapeutic target that is being pursued primarily for intervention in pain (neuropathic and inflammatory) and cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/118358 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/088 (20130101) |
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| US 09908929 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lester Smith (St. Louis, Missouri); Stavros Thomopoulos (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A mineralized collagen matrix with an intrafibrillar and/or extrafibrillar gradient of mineralization for insertion replacement is disclosed. The intrafibrillar mineralization of the collagen matrix is formed by the addition of fetuin to the simulated body fluid. The gradient of intrafibrillar mineralization may stiffen the collagen matrix and simulate a natural insertion for improved cell infiltration and regeneration. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169573 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/39 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/12 (20130101) A61L 27/24 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 2430/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09908930 | Palese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Palese (New York, New York); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Gene Tan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are antibodies that cross-react with hemagglutinin from strains of influenza virus of the same subtype or different subtypes, host cells for producing such antibodies, and kits comprising such antibodies. Also provided herein are compositions comprising antibodies that cross-react with hemagglutinin from strains of influenza virus of the same subtype or different subtypes and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose, prevent or treat influenza virus disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/774893 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/6841 (20170801) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09909105 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tongxiang Lin (San Diego, California); Sheng Ding (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The slow kinetics and low efficiency of reprogramming methods to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) impose major limitations on their utility in biomedical applications. Here we describe a chemical approach that dramatically improves (>200 fold) the efficiency of iPSC generation from human fibroblasts, within seven days of treatment. This will provide a basis for developing safer, more efficient, non-viral methods for reprogramming human somatic cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/637089 |
| 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 5/0696 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/065 (20130101) C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2501/604 (20130101) C12N 2501/606 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2506/28 (20130101) C12N 2506/094 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09909113 | Calhoun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Calhoun (Leonia, New Jersey); Abass Abdullahi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of purifying recombinant alpha-galactosidase A. The method includes obtaining a lysate from cells recombinantly expressing alpha-galactosidase A grown in a cell culture medium having non-precipitating phosphate; contacting said lysate with a first chromatography media that binds α-D-mannopyranosyl or α-D-glucopyranosyl; eluting alpha-galactosidase A from the first chromatography media to generate a first eluate having alpha-galactosidase A, wherein said eluting includes at least one elution pause between 4 and 16 hours; contacting the first eluate with a second chromatography media that binds galactose binding proteins; and eluting alpha-galactosidase A from said second chromatography media to generate a second eluate containing said recombinant alpha-galactosidase A. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/732662 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/3814 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01022 (20130101) |
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| US 09909114 | Duthie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm Duthie (Seattle, Washington); Jeff Guderian (Seattle, Washington); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis are disclosed. The compositions generally comprise polypeptides comprising Leishmania antigens as well as polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/780504 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/008 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1007 (20130101) C12N 9/2497 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 201/01041 (20130101) C12Y 302/02001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56905 (20130101) G01N 2333/44 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09909121 | Weiner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ILLUMINA, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Weiner (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method having steps of (a) providing nucleic acids having a tag sequence (N1)n(N2)n . . . (Nx)n, wherein N1, N2 and Nx are nucleotides that complement different nucleotides, respectively, wherein n is an integer that can differ for N1, N2 and Nx; (b) detecting the nucleic acids individually and under conditions to distinguish signal intensities for (N1)n sequences having different values for n, (N2)n sequences having different values for n and. (Nx)n sequences having different values for n; and (c) distinguishing the tags based on the signal intensities. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/921977 |
| 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 | 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 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2563/179 (20130101) C12Q 2563/185 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 20/00 (20130101) C40B 30/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09909160 | Lindquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genes that, when overexpressed in cells expressing alpha-synuclein, either suppress or enhance alpha-synuclein mediated cellular toxicity. Compounds that modulate expression of these genes or activity of the encoded proteins can be used to inhibit alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity and used to treat or prevent synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. Also disclosed are methods of identifying inhibitors of alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity. |
| FILED | Monday, December 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/976448 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09909163 | Georgiou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AEMASE, INC. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEMase, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Georgiou (Austin, Texas); Everett Stone (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and composition related to the engineering of a novel protein with methionine-γ-lyase enzyme activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified cystathionine-γ-lyase (CGL) comprising one or more amino acid substitutions and capable of degrading methionine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with methionine depletion using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/052978 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (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 1/10 (20130101) C12Q 1/527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/988 (20130101) |
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| US 09909167 | Samusik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolay Samusik (Mountain View, California); Garry P. Nolan (Redwood City, California); Yury Goltsev (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analyzing planar sample is provided. In some cases the method comprises: (a) incubating the planar sample with a capture agent that is linked to an oligonucleotide, wherein the capture agent specifically binds to complementary sites in the planar sample; (b) reading a fluorescent signal caused by extension of a primer that is hybridized to the oligonucleotide, using fluorescence microscopy. Several implementations of the method, and multiplexed versions of the same, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/560921 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/1015 (20130101) |
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| US 09909170 | Mitra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robi M. Mitra (St. Louis, Missouri); Katherine E. Varley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses a method for amplifying at least two different nucleic acid sequences. In particular, the method encompasses a multiplexed nucleic acid patch polymerase chain reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/599056 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 2521/325 (20130101) C12Q 2521/531 (20130101) C12Q 2525/161 (20130101) C12Q 2525/191 (20130101) |
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| US 09909173 | Soper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Soper (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Grills (Trumansburg, New York); Robin McCarley (Prairieville, Louisiana); Collin J. McKinney (Durham, North Carolina); Dorel Moldovan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael C. Murphy (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Dimitris Nikitopoulos (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Sunggook Park (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device comprising a biomolecular processor. Each biomolecular processor has one or more bioreactor chambers defined by a solid substrate; a support structure within each bioreactor; a cleaving enzyme immobilized to the support structure and operatively positioned within the bioreactor chamber to cleave monomer or multimer units of a biopolymer molecule operatively engaged by the cleaving enzyme; and one or more time-of-flight channels formed in the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to said one or more bioreactor chambers. Each of the time-of-flight channels have two or more sensors including at least (i) a first sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the input end of the channel and (ii) a second sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the output end of channel. The present invention further relates to methods of sequencing and identifying biopolymer molecules using the device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763972 |
| 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 Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (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) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/009 (20130101) |
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| US 09909177 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Jian Wu (New York, New York); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for pyrosequencing and compositions comprising 3′-O-modified deoxynucleoside triphosphates. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850705 |
| 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 1/66 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2334/20 (20130101) C12Q 2525/113 (20130101) C12Q 2525/113 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 33/54353 (20130101) |
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| US 09909181 | Redei |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eva E. Redei (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the detection or diagnosis of post-traumatic stress states in a subject, and provides methods, reagents, and kits useful for this purpose. Provided herein are biomarkers that are indicative of and/or diagnostic of post-traumatic stress states including PTSD. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569127 |
| 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 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09909182 | Chance et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip F. Chance (Seattle, Washington); Valerie A. Street (Seattle, Washington); Jeff D. Goldy (Seattle, Washington); Thomas D. Bird (Lake Forest Park, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying genetic mutations that are associated with peripheral neurological disease. The methods comprise identifying a difference between a nucleic acid sequence of a small integral protein of the lysosome/late endosome (“SIMPLE”) gene from a mammalian subject exhibiting peripheral neuropathy and a nucleic acid sequence of a SIMPLE gene from a subject which is not exhibiting peripheral neuropathy, wherein the difference is a genetic mutation associated with peripheral neurological disease. In another aspect, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding SIMPLE missense mutations are provided. In another aspect, a method of screening a subject to determine if the subject has a genetic predisposition to develop Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1C neuropathy is provided. In another aspect, the invention provides kits for determining susceptibility or presence of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1C neuropathy in a mammalian subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/145652 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09909188 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dinesh S. Rao (Culver City, California); Ella Waters (Berkeley, California); Norma I. Rodriguez-Malave (Los Angeles, California); Thilini Fernando (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant disclosure relates to the finding that lincRNA expression is associated with particular cytogenetic abnormalities and is related to disease pathogenesis of certain cancers. Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) have been found to play a role in gene regulation, but their expression has not been described in B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Methods and compositions are provided regarding B-ALL associated long intergenic RNAs (BALIRs). |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776458 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/573 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2330/51 (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) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/166 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) |
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| US 09909985 | Pacholski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claudia Pacholski (Hamburg, Germany); Gordon M. Miskelly (Avondale, New Zealand); Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia Pacholski (Hamburg, Germany); Gordon M. Miskelly (Avondale, New Zealand); Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment biosensor is a multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure. Pores in a top layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are sized to accept a first molecule of interest. Pores in a second layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are smaller than the pores in the top layer and are sized to accept a second molecule of interest that is smaller than the first molecule of interest. The pores in the second layer are too small to accept the first molecule of interest. The pores in the top layer and the pores in the second layer are sized and arranged such that light reflected from the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure produces multiple superimposed interference patterns that can be resolved. In preferred embodiments, the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure is a porous silicon thin film multi-layer structure formed on a silicon substrate, such as a silicon wafer. Specific and nonspecific binding can be detected with biosensors of the invention. The position of peaks in the Fourier transform of the reflection spectrum and the shift in peak amplitudes can be used to determine the presence and quantity of targeted biological molecules of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683895 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09910048 | Diamond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Diamond (St. Louis, Missouri); Najla Kfoury (St. Louis, Missouri); Brandon B. Holmes (St. Louis, Missouri); Jennifer L. Furman (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for detecting protein aggregates in a biological sample, and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/649440 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/6896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09910118 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xue Feng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael Salerno (Charlottesville, Virginia); Christopher M. Kramer (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for Cartesian dynamic imaging are disclosed. In one aspect, in accordance with one example embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data for an area of interest of a subject that is associated with one or more physiological activities of the subject and performing image reconstruction comprising Kalman filtering or smoothing on Cartesian images associated with the acquired magnetic resonance data. Performing the image reconstruction includes increasing at least one of spatial and temporal resolution of the Cartesian images. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/867922 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56308 (20130101) |
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| US 09911206 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Healthcare GmbH (Erlangen, Germany); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Healthcare GmbH (Erlangen, Germany); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiufeng Li (Shoreview, Minnesota); Gregory J. Metzger (Lake Elmo, Minnesota); Kamil Ugurbil (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Dingxin Wang (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a perfusion weighted image using ASL with segmented acquisitions includes dividing an anatomical area of interest into slices and performing an EPI acquisition process using an MRI system to acquire a control image dataset representative of the slices. An ASL preparation process is performed using the MRI system to magnetically label protons in arterial blood water upstream from the anatomical area of interest. Following a first time period, a multi-band EPI acquisition process is performed using the MRI system to acquire a first labeled image dataset representative of a first subset of the slices. Following a second time period, another multi-band EPI acquisition process is performed using the MRI system to acquire a second labeled image dataset representative of a second subset of the slices. A perfusion weighted image is generated by subtracting the first and second labeled image dataset from the control image dataset. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/994251 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5616 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911358 | Ghovanloo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maysam Ghovanloo (Atlanta, Georgia); Jacob Block (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time wireless system for recording natural tongue movements in the 3D oral space. By attaching a small magnetic tracer to the tongue, either temporarily or semi-permanently, and placing an array of magnetic sensors around the mouth, the tracer can be localized with sub-millimeter precision. The system can also combine the tracer localization with acoustic, video, and flow data via additional sensors to form a comprehensive audiovisual biofeedback mechanism for diagnosing speech impairments and improving speech therapy. Additionally, the system can record tongue trajectories and create an indexed library of such traces. The indexed library can be used as a tongue tracking silent speech interface. The library can synthesize words, phrases, or execute commands tied to the individual patterns of magnetic field variations or tongue trajectories. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281794 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 5/06 (20130101) G09B 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California); Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Pawel Rowinski (Piaseczno, Poland); Benjamin J. Feldman (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to membranes composed liquid crystals having continuous aqueous channels, such as a lyotropic liquid crystal, including a cubic phase lyotropic liquid crystal, and to electrochemical sensors equipped with such membranes. The membranes are useful in limiting the diffusion of an analyte to a working electrode in an electrochemical sensor so that the sensor does not saturate and/or remains linearly responsive over a large range of analyte concentrations. Electrochemical sensors equipped with membranes of the present invention demonstrate considerable sensitivity and stability, and a large signal-to-noise ratio, in a variety of conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873633 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1468 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14865 (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 1/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) |
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| US 09907545 | Galloway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soft Robotics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Galloway (Somerville, Massachusetts); Joshua Aaron Lessing (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A soft material retractor includes at least two soft actuators, each actuator having at least one pressurizable interior space, wherein the actuator has a first flexible resting state and a second stiffer pressurized state; and a flexible sheet spanning the actuators such that the actuators can be spaced apart from each other by a distance selected to displace a volume of material of a body cavity. The retractor can be uses for holding open wounds or incisions, with trochars, or to displace anatomical features such as organs within a body cavity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742487 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0538 (20130101) A61B 5/6865 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/0293 (20130101) A61B 17/3423 (20130101) A61B 90/98 (20160201) A61B 2017/00026 (20130101) A61B 2017/00477 (20130101) A61B 2017/00557 (20130101) A61B 2090/309 (20160201) A61B 2217/005 (20130101) A61B 2217/007 (20130101) |
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| US 09907753 | Irvine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell J. Irvine (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jaehyun Moon (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides delivery systems comprised of stabilized multilamellar vesicles, as well as compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of use thereof. The stabilized multilamellar vesicles may comprise prophylactic, therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/452992 |
| 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 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1273 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/35 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2984 (20150115) |
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| US 09907791 | Welm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alana L. Welm (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kelsi Kretschmann Andrade (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for inhibiting osteolysis or treating osteoporosis in a subject in need thereof, the method including administering to the subject at least one RON inhibitor. The osteolysis may be caused by a condition selected from the group consisting of cancer, inflammation, and cyst. The condition may include a bone tumor or a tumor located in bone. The subject may have been diagnosed with bone cancer. The inhibitor may be ASLAN002. The inhibitor may be OSI-296. The inhibitor may be selective or specific for RON. The inhibitor may not depend on the function of RANKL or TGFβ. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/122353 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/444 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4355 (20130101) |
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| US 09907820 | Cooper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence J. N. Cooper (Houston, Texas); Drew C. Deniger (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a method of expanding clinically-relevant quantities of polyclonal γδ T cells that have anti-tumor, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial reactivity. Polyclonal γδ T cells can target a variety of tumors, including solid tumors as well as other conditions, such as viral and bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/031610 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 5/0638 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/2302 (20130101) C12N 2501/2321 (20130101) C12N 2502/11 (20130101) C12N 2502/99 (20130101) |
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| US 09907844 | Cui et al. |
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| 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) | Xinle Cui (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Clifford M. Snapper (Potomac, Maryland); James J. Mond (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides modified human herpesvirus glycoprotein B (gB) proteins that incorporate unique mechanisms for generating proteins that mimic their native conformation to enhance their immunogenicity. The modified herpesvirus gB proteins insert a peptide linker at the furin cleavage site in the extracellular domain of herpesvirus gB. When expressed, the gB subunit associates in triplicate to produce a homotrimeric complex, mimicking the native conformation of the gB protein. Also provided are protein complexes comprising a homotrimeric complex of a modified herpesvirus gB protein and herpesvirus gH and gL proteins. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the modified herpesvirus gB proteins, methods of inducing or suppressing an immune response in a subject by administering a vaccine comprising the modified herpesvirus gB protein, or nucleic acid encoding the same, or a protein complex comprising a homotrimeric complex of the modified herpesvirus gB protein and herpesvirus gH and gL proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/103427 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16122 (20130101) C12N 2710/16134 (20130101) C12N 2710/16222 (20130101) C12N 2710/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 09907848 | Exley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Exley (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Lydia Lynch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Donal O'Shea (Dublin, Ireland); Cliona O'Farrelly (Wexford, Ireland); Steven P. Balk (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery that increases in invariant NKT cell (iNKT) number and/or activity can reduce the incidence or severity of metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. The invention accordingly features methods, kits, and compositions for the treatment of such metabolic disorders by administration of a composition capable of increasing iNKT activity. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/021825 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/7032 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09907887 | Alam et al. |
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| 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) | Hasan B. Alam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peter Rhee (Tucson, Arizona); Emily Rhee (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A manually operable pump for the effective removal of fluids to include blood, blood clots, fluid, and air from a body cavity of a subject is provided. The manually operable pump is adapted to be connect to a range of fluid conduits and is equipped with one-way valves that effectively permit flow of fluid through the pump in only one direction. The sensitivity of the one-way valves is such that when properly positioned, fluid can flow through the valves and out of the pump without manual compression of the pump and with the aid of gravity power alone. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/210787 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/0003 (20130101) A61M 1/04 (20130101) A61M 1/0011 (20130101) A61M 1/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/0023 (20130101) A61M 1/0066 (20130101) A61M 16/0463 (20130101) A61M 27/00 (20130101) A61M 39/24 (20130101) A61M 2205/071 (20130101) A61M 2205/078 (20130101) Rolling of Metal B21B 28/04 (20130101) Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 5/04 (20130101) B24B 5/37 (20130101) Tools for Grinding, Buffing, or Sharpening B24D 3/14 (20130101) B24D 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09907958 | Edgerton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Louisville, Kentucky); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Jonathan Hodes (Louisville, Kentucky); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky); Thomas Anthony Desautels (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of enabling locomotor control, postural control, voluntary control of body movements (e.g., in non-weight bearing conditions), and/or autonomic functions in a human subject having spinal cord injury, brain injury, or neurological neuromotor disease are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790729 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0237 (20130101) A61H 1/0274 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0556 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36153 (20130101) Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 21/00181 (20130101) A63B 22/0235 (20130101) A63B 69/0064 (20130101) A63B 2213/004 (20130101) A63B 2220/805 (20130101) A63B 2230/60 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2270/0421 (20130101) |
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| US 09907988 | Rossin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (Edgewood, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Rossin (Columbus, Ohio); Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a process for decontaminating surfaces contaminated with one or more toxic agents. The processes include contacting a contaminated surface with a porous metal hydroxide which rapidly absorbs the toxic agent from the surface, then decontaminates the agent via reactions involving surface functional groups. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/621604 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/02 (20130101) A62D 2101/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09908064 | Dresios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dresios (Carlsbad, California); Richard Holmes Griffey (Vista, California); Challise J. Sullivan (San Diego, California); Erik D. Pendleton (San Diego, California); Henri M. Sasmor (Oceanside, California); William L. Hicks (San Diego, California); Eric M. Amendt (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable fluidic platform for rapid and flexible end-to-end production of recombinant protein biologics includes a bioreactor system hosting stable and robust cell-free translation systems that is fluidically integrated with modular protein separation functionalities (e.g., size exclusion, ion exchange or affinity chromatography systems) for purification of the cell-free expressed product and which are configurable for process-specific isolation of different proteins, as well as for formulation. The bioreactor utilizes lysates from engineered eukaryotic (e.g., yeast) or prokaryotic (e.g., bacterial) strains that contain factors for protein folding and posttranslational modifications. Combination of various purification modules on the same fluidic platform allows flexibility of re-routing for purification of different proteins depending on specific target requirements. Protein synthesis and purification modules are integrated into self-contained disposable fluidic cartridge that eliminates cross-contamination between runs. The platform allows for flexible production of protein biologics within 24 hours (from DNA to purified product). |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/010528 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/10 (20130101) B01D 15/12 (20130101) B01D 15/14 (20130101) B01D 15/22 (20130101) B01D 15/34 (20130101) B01D 15/361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 15/3804 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/505 (20130101) C07K 14/535 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/18 (20130101) C12M 23/28 (20130101) C12M 23/44 (20130101) C12M 29/00 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) C12M 47/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1223 (20130101) C12N 9/1252 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/03002 (20130101) C12Y 207/07007 (20130101) |
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| US 09908076 | Billingsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Britton G. Billingsley (St. Paul, Minnesota); Larry A. Brey (Woodbury, Minnesota); William Buechter (Fairfax, Virginia); Pierre Legare (Brockville, Canada); Derek M. Maanum (St. Paul, Minnesota); Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Joseph A. Rossin (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A filtration device including a fluid-impermeable housing having a gas inlet and outlet, and containing within the housing first filter media particles of an extended surface area substrate and containing at least one metal impregnant, and second filter media particles of an extended surface area zirconium hydroxide substrate. The device may be used in atmospheres containing various harmful gases, and may provide particularly useful improvements in NOx breakthrough times compared to a device containing only the first filter media particles or only the second filter media particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462748 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 7/10 (20130101) A62B 9/02 (20130101) A62B 18/025 (20130101) A62B 19/00 (20130101) A62B 23/02 (20130101) Separation B01D 39/2058 (20130101) B01D 39/2072 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/82 (20130101) B01D 2239/065 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2253/30 (20130101) B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2253/1122 (20130101) B01D 2253/1124 (20130101) B01D 2257/55 (20130101) B01D 2257/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/302 (20130101) B01D 2257/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/406 (20130101) B01D 2257/408 (20130101) B01D 2257/2064 (20130101) B01D 2259/401 (20130101) B01D 2259/4143 (20130101) B01D 2259/4146 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/06 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3236 (20130101) B01J 20/28052 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Dynamics, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco da Silva (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kevin Blankespoor (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gabriel Nelson (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An example implementation includes (i) receiving sensor data that indicates topographical features of an environment in which a robotic device is operating, (ii) determining, for a particular topographical feature of the environment in a direction of travel of the robotic device, a height of the particular topographical feature and a distance between the robotic device and the particular topographical feature, (iii) estimating a ground plane extending from the robotic device in the direction of travel toward the particular topographical feature, the ground plane fitting to the determined distance and height, (iv) determining a grade of the estimated ground plane, and (v) directing the robotic device to adjust pitch in proportion to the determined grade. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/386830 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/00 (20130101) B25J 9/1664 (20130101) B25J 9/1694 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 9/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09908266 | Cutkosky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Paul S Day (Menlo Park, California); Eric V. Eason (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming synthetic dry adhesives is provided that includes using a combined wedge indenting and orthogonal machining process to form tapered mold cavities in a mold, filling the tapered mold cavities with an elastomeric adhesive, curing the elastomeric adhesive in the tapered mold cavities, and removing the elastomeric adhesive from the mold, where a plurality of tapered lamellar ridges extend from a surface of the elastomeric adhesive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/924252 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 33/52 (20130101) B29C 33/424 (20130101) B29C 33/3842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 33/3857 (20130101) B29C 37/0053 (20130101) B29C 39/006 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/0002 (20130101) B29K 2105/0097 (20130101) B29K 2891/00 (20130101) B29K 2995/0077 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/00 (20130101) C09J 183/04 (20130101) C09J 2201/626 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2457 (20150115) |
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| US 09908285 | Nam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | SungWoo Nam (Savoy, Illinois); Cai Mike Wang (Scarborough, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating crumples in a monolayer entails contacting a monolayer comprising a two-dimensional material with a thermally contractible polymer, and heating the thermally contractible polymer to contract the polymer and induce buckling of the monolayer, where a plurality of crumples are formed in the monolayer due to the buckling. A device having a crumpled microstructure includes a monolayer comprising a two-dimensional material and including a plurality of crumples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/716303 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 61/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 65/66 (20130101) B29C 66/73715 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0484 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/477 (20130101) H01L 21/3247 (20130101) H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/7842 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 29/78696 (20130101) |
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| US 09908615 | Alber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Alber (Milford, Connecticut); Jeffery Parkhurst (Meriden, Connecticut); Cody Fegely (Milford, Connecticut); Stephen Kubik (Shelton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blown wing (RBW) aircraft including an airframe, at least one rotor blown wing (RBW) having at least control selectively controllable surface, at least one rotor configured to generate and direct an airflow over the at least one RBW, and a control system operatively connected to the at least two selectively controllable control surfaces. The control system selectively controls the at least one selectively controllable control surface to change the airflow over the at least one RBW to facilitate a vertical landing. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/234562 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 9/00 (20130101) B64C 13/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 25/52 (20130101) B64C 29/02 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09908782 | Pavlacka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Pavlacka (Baltimore, Maryland); Gary A. Gilde (North East, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of preparing boron suboxide are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for preparing boron suboxide may include loading elemental boron powder into a furnace; purging the furnace by flowing a first gas comprising one of nitrogen or an inert gas into the furnace; heating the boron powder in a reactive atmosphere comprising a mixture of argon and a non-reducing oxygen-containing gas to convert elemental boron powder into boron suboxide powder, wherein the amount of oxygen in the reactive atmosphere is no greater than about 1%. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767358 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/1027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908877 | Hutt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnathon T. Hutt (Bloomington, Indiana); Zachary D. Aaron (Bloomington, Indiana); Dongwhan Lee (Bloomington, Indiana); Junyong Jo (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorophore and methods of detecting cations and hydrophobic environments using the fluorophore are disclosed. The fluorophore includes an imidazo[1,5-a]pyridinium ion core and has the formula where R1, R2, R3 and X− are as defined in the specification, and n is an integer from 1 to 4. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/157947 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) |
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| US 09909098 | Mitragotri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samir M. Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Sumit Paliwal (Goleta, California); Makoto Ogura (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samir M. Mitragotri (Santa Barbara, California); Sumit Paliwal (Goleta, California); Makoto Ogura (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention provides methods, as well as compositions useful in such methods, involving application of energy to a tissue of interest to generate a liquefied sample comprising tissue constituents so as to provide for rapid tissue sampling, as well as qualitative and/or quantitative detection of analytes that may be part of tissue constituents (e.g., several types of biomolecules, drugs, and microbes). Determination of tissue composition can be used in a variety of applications, including diagnosis or prognosis of local as well as systemic diseases, evaluating bioavailability of therapeutics in different tissues following drug administration, forensic detection of drugs-of-abuse, evaluating changes in the tissue microenvironment following exposure to a harmful agent, and various other applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/664994 |
| 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 | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 45/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/286 (20130101) |
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| US 09909116 | Souza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glauco R Souza (Houston, Texas); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas); Thomas Charles Killian (Houston, Texas); Robert M. Raphael (Houston, Texas); Daniel Joshua Stark (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods generally useful in medicine, cellular biology, nanotechnology, and cell culturing are discussed. In particular, at least in some embodiments, systems and methods for magnetic guidance and patterning of cells and materials are discussed. Some specific applications of these systems and methods may include levitated culturing of cells away from a surface, making and manipulating patterns of levitated cells, and patterning culturing of cells on a surface. Specifically, a method of culturing cells is presented. The method may comprise providing a plurality of cells, providing a magnetic field, and levitating at least some of the plurality of cells in the magnetic field, wherein the plurality of cells comprise magnetic nanoparticles. The method may also comprise maintaining the levitation for a time sufficient to permit cell growth to form an assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331377 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2529/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09909123 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Malone (Pearisburg, Virginia); Joshua Bryson (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are antisense molecules and compositions for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection. The antisense molecules and compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA, DNA, or nucleic acid molecules with modified backbones, such as PNA. The antisense molecules and compositions inhibit gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus; are optionally conjugated to cell penetration molecules such as peptides; and are optionally administered in the form of a nanoparticle composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777007 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (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 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09909143 | Schmidt-Dannert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia Margarete Schmidt-Dannert (Shoreview, Minnesota); Swati Choudhary Saurkar (St. Louis Park, Minnesota); Maureen Blacker Quin (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Mark Anton Held (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes a cell that includes an engineered subcellular compartment that generally includes a proteinaceous shell that includes at least one bacterial microcompartment (BMC) polypeptide. In some embodiments, the engineered subcellular compartment can further include one or more targeted enzymes. We further describe methods of making and using such cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354183 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/255 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/582 (20151101) |
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| US 09909167 | Samusik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolay Samusik (Mountain View, California); Garry P. Nolan (Redwood City, California); Yury Goltsev (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analyzing planar sample is provided. In some cases the method comprises: (a) incubating the planar sample with a capture agent that is linked to an oligonucleotide, wherein the capture agent specifically binds to complementary sites in the planar sample; (b) reading a fluorescent signal caused by extension of a primer that is hybridized to the oligonucleotide, using fluorescence microscopy. Several implementations of the method, and multiplexed versions of the same, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/560921 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) C12Q 2565/1015 (20130101) |
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| US 09909176 | Thielen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Thielen (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jared D. Evans (Ellicott City, Maryland); Thomas S. Mehoke (Washington, District of Columbia); Joshua T. Wolfe (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for limited input whole genome sequencing of RNA viruses includes isolating a viral RNA sample, converting the viral RNA sample to a double-stranded viral cDNA sample, constructing a double-stranded viral cDNA amplicon library from the double-stranded viral cDNA sample, and sequencing the double-stranded viral cDNA amplicon library to obtain a double-stranded viral cDNA sample sequencing read. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/841981 |
| 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 | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909229 | Mann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M Mann (Springboro, Ohio); Eric Hunt (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing rubidium uranium fluoride crystals. The method includes combining uranium-based feedstock with a mineralizer solution that includes a rubidium fluoride. The feedstock and mineralizer solution are pressurized and a thermal gradient 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. 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 | 15/077317 |
| 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) |
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| US 09909435 | Propheter-Hinckley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for sealing a gap between a stator vane platform including a seal slot, and a rotatable stator vane including a shaft connected to a vane end. The apparatus includes a substantially flat, semi-annular seal body, a first tab and a second tab. The seal body extends circumferentially between a first body end and a second body end, and radially between a radial inner body side and a radial outer body side. The inner body side wraps partially around the shaft, and the outer body side mates with the seal slot. The first tab extends axially from the first body end, and the second tab extends axially from the second body end. The first tab and the second tab engage the vane end and cause the seal body to move within the seal slot during rotation of the stator vane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789573 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/001 (20130101) F01D 11/003 (20130101) F01D 17/162 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/30 (20130101) F05D 2240/12 (20130101) F05D 2240/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09909588 | Choudhuri |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahsan Choudhuri (El Paso, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahsan Choudhuri (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Miniature (mesoscale) axial-flow pumps including an inlet guide, a stator spaced apart from the inlet guide, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the inlet guide and the stator. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194529 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 3/00 (20130101) F04D 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04D 13/0606 (20130101) F04D 29/528 (20130101) F04D 29/548 (20130101) |
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| US 09909641 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifang Chen (Newnan, Georgia); Bianca R. Rhodes (Tucson, Arizona); Stephen J. Forgacs (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolator mount system includes multiple isolator mounts that are used to isolate a piece of equipment from a structure. The isolation mounts each include an isolation pad between inner and outer mountings, to provide damping between relative motions of the inner mounting and the outer mounting. A central portion of the isolation pad is closer to a central axis of the isolation mount than are ends of the isolation pad that are on opposite sides of the central portion. This configuration provides two shear sections, to provide additional damping, an additional amount of shear in the isolator mounts. The shear sections may be configured to control location of the center of elasticity of the system, for example by locating the center of elasticity at the same location as the center of gravity of the system, thereby resulting in an isoelastic system. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/098458 |
| ART UNIT | 3631 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/3732 (20130101) F16F 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909814 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelvin Thermal Technologies, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KELVIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronggui Yang (Broomfield, New York); Yung-Cheng Lee (Boulder, Colorado); Victor M. Bright (Boulder, Colorado); Chen Li (Columbia, South Carolina); Christopher Oshman (Boulder, Colorado); Bo Shi (Nanjing, China PRC); Jen-Hau Cheng (Boulder, Colorado); George P. Peterson (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for flexible thermal ground planes. A flexible thermal ground plane may include a support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include an evaporator region or multiple evaporator regions configured to couple with the support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include a condenser region or multiple condenser regions configured to couple with the support member. The evaporator and condenser region may include a microwicking structure. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanowicking structure coupled with the micro-wicking structure, where the nanowicking structure includes nanorods. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanomesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. Some embodiments may include a micromesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/861708 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 15/26 (20130101) B23P 2700/09 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/04 (20130101) F28D 15/046 (20130101) F28D 15/0233 (20130101) F28D 15/0241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/427 (20130101) H01L 23/473 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49353 (20150115) |
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| US 09909834 | Wilhelm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Department of the Navy (Indian Head, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Wilhelm (Port Tobacco, Maryland); Angel Diaz (Indian Head, Maryland); Lee Foltz (Indian Head, Maryland); Daniel McCarthy (LaPlata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive disruptor includes a first jacket having joined inflatable members. The inflatable members are adapted to be filled with a gas. A second jacket is surrounded by and coupled to the first jacket. The second jacket has an outer radial wall, an inner radial wall spaced apart from the outer radial wall, and two end walls coupled to opposing axial ends of the outer radial wall and the inner radial wall. A first volumetric region is defined between the outer radial wall, the inner radial wall, and the two end walls. A second volumetric region is defined by the inner radial wall. The first volumetric region is sealed and adapted to be filled with a liquid. An explosive material is disposed in the second volumetric region. A blasting cap is in contact with the explosive material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/731947 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapons for Projecting Missiles Without Use of Explosive or Combustible Propellant Charge; Weapons Not Otherwise Provided for F41B 9/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 1/02 (20130101) F42B 3/00 (20130101) F42B 3/087 (20130101) Blasting F42D 5/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09909837 | Gainer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Harvey Gainer (Hugo, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A rocket extraction device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises an upper and a lower casing; an interior cutout in each of the upper and lower casings, the interior cutouts having contours matching exterior surface contours of a rocket fuze; an upper fuze clamp and a lower fuze clamp disposed respectively within the upper and lower casings, each upper and lower fuze clamp having interior surface contours matching exterior surface contours of the rocket fuze; a clamp adjustment screw onto which the upper fuze clamp is mountable; an adjustment wheel mountable at the exterior end of the clamp adjustment screw by which the clamp adjustment screw and the upper fuse clamp are movable to secure the upper and lower fuze clamps to the fuze and force the fuze into the contours of the lower fuze clamp and the interior cutout of the lower casing to lock the fuze into the rocket extraction device. There is an eyebolt or similar type device mountable to the exterior of the rocket extraction device, to which force is applied to remove a rocket from a storage tube. In another embodiment, the method comprises attaching the rocket extraction device securely to a fuze on a rocket and pulling on the rocket extraction device to remove the rocket from a storage tube. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/825769 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Launching Projectiles or Missiles From Barrels, e.g Cannons; Launchers for Rockets or Torpedoes; Harpoon Guns F41F 3/058 (20130101) F41F 3/073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909843 | Gamache et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond M. Gamache (Prunedale, California); Charles M. Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Daniel M. Fragiadakis (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A front-facing armor system utilizing a composite laminate backed by a high hardness substrate. The composite laminate comprises a series of first and second layers. The first layer of the bi-layer laminate system is a polymer with a density of at least 1.8 g/cm3 and having both an amorphous and crystalline phase, and having phase transformation pressure of at least 0.5 GPa at a temperature of 20° C. The second layer of each bi-layer provides acoustic impedance mismatch to generate reflections of the incident compression wave following ballistic impact. Under ballistic impact, the polymer comprising the armor system undergoes a shock-induced transition resulting in a marked change in microstructure and mechanical behavior, providing a significant kinetic energy absorption mechanism. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/479053 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 27/06 (20130101) B32B 27/322 (20130101) B32B 2307/72 (20130101) B32B 2307/702 (20130101) B32B 2309/105 (20130101) B32B 2571/02 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0457 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909847 | Burke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Burke (Piermont, New Hampshire); John Hirlinger (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ammunition cartridge for a gun is optically initiated by a mechanism wholly within the cartridge case itself. The case has as optical primer initiation means producing light fluence to ignite a primer, which ignited primer may in turn ignite into a flashtube, and which ignited flashtube may in turn ignite a bed of propellant in said cartridge. The optical primer initiation means may be an LED, a laser diode, a VCSEL, or some other light emitting device in general. The cartridge optically initiated primer package is so sized and made electrically and mechanically seamlessly physically compatible with current ammunition cartridges such that these new cartridges are completely interchangeable. If the cartridge primer initiation means is of a percussion type, the cartridge is adapted to include an in-line piezoelectric crystal so that electrical power will be generated when the cartridge assembly is struck by a firing pin during percussion type operations; the power is then used to initiate the light emitting device. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/332422 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 5/28 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/0823 (20130101) |
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| US 09909927 | Estes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee E Estes (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts); Stephen B Doyle (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee E Estes (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts); Stephen B Doyle (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An attenuation meter is provided for use in a water environment. In operation, a transmitter of the meter transmits a laser pulse focused to a size at a predetermined range. A receiver of the meter images a focused spot to minimize unwanted light back scattering and avoid diffractive spreading within the back scattering region. Filtering the angular region can further reject scattered light. The filtered light is received, measured and processed by a oscilloscope as pulse averages. The meter also includes a photodetector to measure a diffuse attenuation coefficient. The output voltage of the photodetector is measured and processed by the oscilloscope that produces an average voltage over a preset number of pulses. A controller best fits voltage to time dependence to produce the diffuse attenuation coefficient. Only the shape of the receiver time dependence is required to provide the diffuse attenuation coefficient measurement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/189038 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/474 (20130101) |
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| US 09909974 | Mazzeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Mazzeo (Provo, Utah); W. Spencer Guthrie (Provo, Utah); Warren Kemmerer (Provo, Utah); Jared Baxter (North Ogden, Utah); Chloe Roedel (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a probe including a plurality of exterior rotating members defining a guard ring, and an interior rotating member having a circular shape and disposed within at least a portion of a perimeter defined by the plurality of exterior rotating members. The apparatus can also include a waveform generator electrically coupled to the guard ring and the interior rotating member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/698788 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/20 (20130101) G01N 33/383 (20130101) |
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| US 09909985 | Pacholski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claudia Pacholski (Hamburg, Germany); Gordon M. Miskelly (Avondale, New Zealand); Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia Pacholski (Hamburg, Germany); Gordon M. Miskelly (Avondale, New Zealand); Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment biosensor is a multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure. Pores in a top layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are sized to accept a first molecule of interest. Pores in a second layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are smaller than the pores in the top layer and are sized to accept a second molecule of interest that is smaller than the first molecule of interest. The pores in the second layer are too small to accept the first molecule of interest. The pores in the top layer and the pores in the second layer are sized and arranged such that light reflected from the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure produces multiple superimposed interference patterns that can be resolved. In preferred embodiments, the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure is a porous silicon thin film multi-layer structure formed on a silicon substrate, such as a silicon wafer. Specific and nonspecific binding can be detected with biosensors of the invention. The position of peaks in the Fourier transform of the reflection spectrum and the shift in peak amplitudes can be used to determine the presence and quantity of targeted biological molecules of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683895 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909989 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Wendi Li (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microstructures and nanostructures (100) consisting of a substrate (110), an array of pillars (120) capped by metallic disc (130), metallic dots (clusters or granules) (140) disposed on the sidewalls of the pillars, and a metallic backplane (150) that can interact to enhance a local electric field, the absorption of the light, and the radiation of the light are disclosed. Methods to fabricate the structures (100) are also disclosed. Applications of the structures to enhance the optical signals in the detection of molecules and other materials on a structure surface, such as fluorescence, photoluminescence and surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/871678 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 21/03 (20130101) G01N 21/59 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 2021/0378 (20130101) G01N 2021/6482 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24174 (20150115) |
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| US 09909990 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/263063 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/062 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (20130101) |
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| US 09910115 | Wald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence L. Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clarissa Zimmerman (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Jason Stockman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence L. Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clarissa Zimmerman (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Jason Stockman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system that uses static magnetic field inhomogeneities in the main magnet for encoding the spatial location of nuclear spins is provided. Also provided is a spatial-encoding scheme for a low-field, low-power consumption, light-weight, and easily transportable MRI system. In general, the portable MRI system spatially encodes images using spatial inhomogeneities in the polarizing magnetic field rather than using gradient fields. Thus, an inhomogeneous static field is used to polarize, readout, and encode an image of the object. To provide spatial encoding, the magnet is rotated around the object to generate a number of differently encoded measurements. An image is then reconstructed by solving for the object most consistent with the data. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099194 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3815 (20130101) G01R 33/4824 (20130101) |
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| US 09910155 | Lundquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arete Associates (Northridge, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Areté Associates (Northridge, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Lundquist (Tucson, Arizona); Gregory J. Fetzer (Berthoud, Colorado); Richard Vercillo (Tucson, Arizona); Michael Francis Marnon (Washington, District of Columbia); Thomas Laurence Kraus (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein provide for improved range response in lidar systems. In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a laser, and a detector. First optics direct light from the laser on a beam path along a first optical axis of the first optics. Second optics image the light from the beam path onto a second plane that is substantially normal to the first plane. The second optics have a second optical axis that differs from the first optical axis. The first and the second optical axes lie in a same first plane. A first line in the first plane intersects a second line in the second plane at an acute angle. The first line is perpendicular to the first optical axis. A spatial filter configured in or near the second plane filters the light from the second optics onto the detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/869448 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4816 (20130101) G01S 7/4817 (20130101) G01S 17/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 17/08 (20130101) G01S 17/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09910200 | Sechrist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the United States (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Sechrist (Ridgecrest, California); Donald Bowling (Ridgecrest, California); Denise Canadas (Ridgecrest, California); Pamela Overfelt (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An invention generally relating to minimizing performance loss of the system when fitted with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703971 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/282 (20130101) G02B 5/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09910848 | Beller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Beller (Baltimore, Maryland); Edward G. Katz (Washington, District of Columbia); Alexander C. Tonetti (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided in a data processing system having a processor and a memory storing instructions for implementing a natural language processing engine, a store of semantic types, and a store of units, conversions among units, and variants of unit names, for generating semantically equivalent variants of a natural language term. The mechanism receives an input term for variant analysis. The natural language processing engine executing on the data processing system identifies a semantic type of the input term based on the store of semantic types. The natural language processing engine extracts a quantity and a unit from the input term based on the store of units, conversions among units, and variants of unit names. The natural language processing engine populates type-specific templates at a level of specificity based on the input term based on the identified semantic type of the input term and the extracted quantity and unit to form a set of semantically equivalent variants of the input term. The natural language processing engine performs a natural language processing operation using the input term and the set of semantically equivalent variants of the input term. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/204058 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/248 (20130101) G06F 17/2775 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/2795 (20130101) |
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| US 09911046 | Yakimenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg A. Yakimenko (Seaside, California); Mathias N. Kolsch (Carmel, California); Ryan J. Decker (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for determining a spin rate of a projectile are provided. A receiving module receives a video of a launch of a projectile in which the projectile having at least one marking disposed thereon. A segmenting module segments a plurality of shapes of the projectile from the video. The segmenting module includes a sensitivity module configured to increase a sensitivity of the video to find the projectile in the video. An extraction module extracts at least one column of pixels of the at least one marking from the shapes. A generating module generates a stripe pixel column history image from the at least one column of pixels. A calculating module calculates a spin rate of the projectile from the stripe pixel column history image. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/939032 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/52 (20130101) G06K 9/00744 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/4604 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/20 (20130101) G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 7/0085 (20130101) G06T 2207/20056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20061 (20130101) G06T 2207/20112 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| US 09911059 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Anderson (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Charles B. Wilson (Sagle, Idaho); Michael A. Hyde (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for recovering a vehicle includes obtaining a red green blue (RGB) image comprising a target on a recovery device. An input received from a user designates a target hue value and a target luminance value. The RGB image is converted to a hue value saturation (HSV) color model. The HSV color model is split into a hue value plane and a luminance value plane. A hue band pass filter and a luminance band pass filter are configured with appropriate thresholds. The configured hue band pass filter and the luminance band pass filter are applied to the hue value plane and the luminance value plane, respectively. The filtered hue value plane and the filtered luminance value planes are combined to yield a plurality of potential target pixel groupings. The most probable target is determined from the plurality of potential target pixels. The vehicle is directed to the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/239857 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/18 (20130101) B64C 2201/127 (20130101) B64C 2201/141 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 47/08 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0094 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/04842 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4652 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/225 (20130101) |
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| US 09911197 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California); Changsoo S. Jeong (Rancho Palos, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Shinko Y. Cheng (Cupertino, California); Alexander L. Honda (Sunnyvale, California); Lei Zhang (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for detecting moving objects using multi-frame motion history images. An input video sequence of consecutive registered image frames is received. The sequence of consecutive registered image frames comprises forward and backward registered image frames registered to a coordinate system of a reference image frame. Frame differences are computed between each of the consecutive registered image frames and the reference image frame. The frame differences are accumulated based on characteristics of the input video sequence to compute a corresponding motion response value. A selected threshold value is then applied to the motion response value to produce at least one binary image used for detection of moving objects in the input video sequence. Additionally, the invention includes a system for adaptive parameter optimization by input image characterization, wherein parameters that are based on characteristics of the image influence the motion detection process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204471 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0026 (20130101) G06T 7/204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911207 | Karl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KM Labs, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Karl (Boulder, Colorado); Daniel E. Adams (Thornton, Colorado); Charles S. Bevis (Boulder, Colorado); Henry C. Kapteyn (Boulder, Colorado); Margaret M. Murnane (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for Coherent Diffractive Imaging with multiple, simultaneous, spatially distinct beams chosen and configured to isolate incoherent sums of beam diffraction such that interference between the multiple beams is not present in the data prior to computationally reconstructing the image. This is accomplished through selecting the multiple beams to be non-interfering modes, or through designing the apparatus such that the interference is not recorded, or through processing the collected data to filter the interference before reconstructing the image. |
| FILED | Monday, September 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/256726 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/58 (20130101) G02B 27/4205 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911303 | Vaucher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gail Vaucher (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Robert O. Brice (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Saba A. Lucas (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Sean G. O'Brien (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gail Vaucher (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Robert O. Brice (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Saba A. Lucas (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Sean G. O'Brien (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to evaluate airborne hazards having at least one sensor module which detects atmospheric conditions and generates output signals representative of those atmospheric conditions. A model module receives the output from the sensor and generates a model output signal representative of a calculated wind flow and plume footprint, when applicable, over an area of interest. A display module receives the model output signal and visually displays the calculated wind flow and its effect on a plume if present in near real-time. The final system output is provided to authorized end users in near real-time. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452047 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 31/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09911340 | Samarasekera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Raia Hadsell (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Harpreet S. Sawhney (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Bogdan C. Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Ryan Villamil (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-sensor, multi-modal data collection, analysis, recognition, and visualization platform can be embodied in a navigation capable vehicle. The platform provides an automated tool that can integrate multi-modal sensor data including two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional image data, and motion, location, or orientation data, and create a visual representation of the integrated sensor data, in a live operational environment. An illustrative platform architecture incorporates modular domain-specific business analytics “plug ins” to provide real-time annotation of the visual representation with domain-specific markups. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/344900 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/02 (20130101) G01C 21/32 (20130101) G01C 21/3673 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00637 (20130101) G06K 9/6267 (20130101) G06K 9/6293 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/05 (20130101) G06T 2200/04 (20130101) G06T 2207/10012 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/003 (20130101) G08G 5/0004 (20130101) G08G 5/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 5/0073 (20130101) |
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| US 09911774 | Grzesik |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Grzesik (Lompoc, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a photodiode array. The photodiode array includes a substrate that has an optical interface surface arranged for accepting external input radiation into the substrate. A plurality of photodiodes are disposed at a substrate surface opposite the optical interface surface of the substrate. Each photodiode in the plurality of photodiodes includes a photodiode material that generates light into the substrate as a result of external input radiation absorption by the photodiode. There is aperiodic photodiode placement along at least one direction of the array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/685992 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14621 (20130101) H01L 27/14623 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14627 (20130101) |
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| US 09911813 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Boston, Massachusetts); Elison de Nazareth Matioli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tomas Apostol Palacios (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device includes a first region having a first semiconductor material and a second region having a second semiconductor material. The second region is formed over the first region. The semiconductor device also includes a current blocking structure formed in the first region between first and second terminals of the semiconductor device. The current blocking structure is configured to reduce current flow in the first region between the first and second terminals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651012 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/8258 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0649 (20130101) H01L 29/0688 (20130101) H01L 29/1033 (20130101) H01L 29/1079 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) |
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| US 09911900 | Shatalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A profiled surface for improving the propagation of radiation through an interface is provided. The profiled surface includes a set of large roughness components providing a first variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale approximately an order of magnitude larger than a target wavelength of the radiation. The set of large roughness components can include a series of truncated shapes. The profiled surface also includes a set of small roughness components superimposed on the set of large roughness components and providing a second variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale on the order of the target wavelength of the radiation. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149782 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 5/002 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/5045 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2933/0058 (20130101) H01L 2933/0083 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) |
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| US 09912060 | Mitchell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Mitchell (Olney, Maryland); Wasyl Wasylkiwskyj (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of present inventions relate to low-profile, tapered cavity broadband antennas. One important aspect of the invention (although not the only) is the incorporation of a tapered lateral sidewalls in the antenna cavity. More particularly, according to various embodiments, a low-profile, tapered cavity antenna may comprise: an aperture defining an opening to a cavity; and an interior space defined by the cavity which is formed of a flat bottom wall defining a ground plane, and a pair of spaced-apart, tapered lateral sidewalls extending away from the flat bottom wall in opposite directions toward the aperture. The tapered shape of the tapered lateral sidewalls are specifically configured to maintain a constant resonance frequency within the cavity. In some embodiments, an isotropic high index medium material is at least partially loaded within the tapered cavity. Also, antenna may include a single or two-input port. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/593292 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 13/02 (20130101) H01Q 19/06 (20130101) H01Q 19/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09912067 | Alu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Alu (Austin, Texas); Yakir Hadad (Austin, Texas); Jason Christopher Soric (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-reciprocal device using a space-time modulation scheme. By applying the space-time modulation scheme, reciprocity in radiation and scattering scenarios is prevented. Such a scheme utilizes a linear system with simple, compact and inexpensive electronic components compared to the current use of bulky duplexers and non-reciprocal magnet based phase shifters to provide non-reciprocity. One such linear system involves traveling-wave antennas loaded with voltage dependent capacitors that are modulated in space and time thereby allowing the antenna to transmit with high directivity in a certain direction and not receive from that direction. Another linear system involves a resonant metasurface characterized by transverse spatiotemporal gradients, where the spatiotemporal gradients include periodically modulated impedances thereby causing a non-reciprocal transmission response. In this manner, a signal that propagates and impinges on the surface at a given direction will be fully transmitted while a signal propagating from the complementary direction will be fully reflected. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/212023 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/003 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0006 (20130101) |
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| US 09912073 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph M. Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); Jared W. Jordan (Sahuarita, Arizona); Charles G. Gilbert (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Anderson (Tucson, Arizona); Jared W. Jordan (Sahuarita, Arizona); Charles G. Gilbert (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Presently disclosed is an antenna system having an array of ridged waveguide Vivaldi radiator (RWVR) antenna elements fed through a corporate network of suspended air striplines (SAS). The SAS transfers the electromagnetic energy to the radiating element via the ridged waveguide coupler. The Vivaldi radiator matches the output impedance of the ridged waveguide coupler/SAS to the impedance of the surrounding medium. Because the coupling method and the radiating elements are wideband mediums, this antenna array is capable of wideband operation. The physical dimensions of the resulting array are also not as sensitive to its electrical performance as other antenna designs since the bandwidth is quite large, reducing the occurrence of an out-of-specification antenna due to manufacturing tolerance build-up. This also reduces the complexity of the manufacturing process, which in turn lowers cost. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/457546 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/06 (20130101) H01Q 13/085 (20130101) H01Q 15/006 (20130101) H01Q 15/008 (20130101) H01Q 21/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 09912121 | Wunderer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Brent S. Krusor (Fremont, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes one or more reflector components. Each reflector component comprises layer pairs of epitaxially grown reflective layers and layers of a non-epitaxial material, such as air. Vias extend through at least some of the layers of the reflector components. The device may include a light emitting layer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149595 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) G01N 2201/0635 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/085 (20130101) G02B 5/0816 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/18308 (20130101) H01S 5/18341 (20130101) H01S 5/18363 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/18377 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) H01S 2304/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Cam (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided for determining aggregated value of risk and resilience metrics of critical nodes in a network of computer nodes, comprising determining a status of each node in a plurality of nodes, computing one or more effectiveness attributes for each node in the plurality of nodes, ranking the plurality of nodes based upon at least the one or more effectiveness attributes of each node, determining one or more nodes as critical nodes based on the ranking and computing a criticality surface of the one or more critical nodes as the aggregated value of risk and resilience metrics, wherein the criticality surface is an aggregation of the one or more effectiveness attribute for each of the one or more critical nodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/247566 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1433 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09907496 | Okandan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a biological probe structure, as well as apparatuses, systems, and methods employing this structure. In particular embodiments, the structure includes a hermetically sealed unit configured to receive and transmit one or more optical signals. Furthermore, the structure can be implanted subcutaneously and interrogated externally. In this manner, a minimally invasive method can be employed to detect, treat, and/or assess the biological target. Additional methods and systems are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/314176 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1473 (20130101) A61B 2560/0214 (20130101) |
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| US 09907865 | Hadimani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Magundappa Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Virginia); Shalabh Gupta (Ames, Iowa); Shane Harstad (Rockford, Minnesota); Vitalij Pecharsky (Ames, Iowa); David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Magundappa Ravi L. Hadimani (Glen Allen, Virginia); Shalabh Gupta (Ames, Iowa); Shane Harstad (Rockford, Minnesota); Vitalij Pecharsky (Ames, Iowa); David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle usable as T1 and T2 contrast agents is provided. The particle is a gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) particle that is ferromagnetic at temperatures up to 290 K and is less than 2 μm in diameter. An MRI contrast agent that includes a plurality of gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) particles that are less than 1 μm in diameter is also provided. A method for creating gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) particles is also provided. The method includes the steps of providing a Gd5Si4 bulk alloy; grinding the Gd5Si4 bulk alloy into a powder; and milling the Gd5Si4 bulk alloy powder for a time of approximately 20 minutes or less. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/332940 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/1818 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/06 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09908103 | Suib et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Suib (Storrs, Connecticut); Altug Suleyman Poyraz (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for preparing a mesoporous metal oxide, i.e., transition metal oxide. Lanthanide metal oxide, a post-transition metal oxide and metalloid oxide. The process comprises providing an acidic mixture comprising a metal precursor, an interface modifier, a hydrotropic ion precursor, and a surfactant; and heating the acidic mixture at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to form the mesoporous metal oxide. A mesoporous metal oxide prepared by the above process. A method of controlling nano-sized wall crystallinity and mesoporosity in mesoporous metal oxides. The method comprises providing an acidic mixture comprising a metal precursor, an interface modifier, a hydrotropic ion precursor, and a surfactant; and heating the acidic mixture at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to control nano-sized wall crystallinity and mesoporosity in the mesoporous metal oxides. Mesoporous metal oxides and a method of tuning structural properties of mesoporous metal oxides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/037100 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 21/12 (20130101) B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 23/06 (20130101) B01J 23/10 (20130101) B01J 23/34 (20130101) B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 23/75 (20130101) B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/18 (20130101) C01B 13/326 (20130101) C01B 33/124 (20130101) C01B 35/1027 (20130101) C01B 37/02 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0043 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/13 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) C01P 2006/17 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amelia M. Elliott (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A build platform and methods of fabricating an article with such a platform in an extrusion-type additive manufacturing machine are provided. A platform body 202 includes features 204 that extend outward from the body 202. The features 204 define protrusive areas 206 and recessive areas 208 that cooperate to mechanically engage the extruded material that forms the initial layers 220 of an article when the article is being fabricated by a nozzle 12 of the additive manufacturing machine 10. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/548701 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Details, Components, or Accessories for Machine Tools, e.g Arrangements for Copying or Controlling; Machine Tools in General Characterised by the Construction of Particular Details or Components; Combinations or Associations of Metal-working Machines, Not Directed to a Particular Result B23Q 7/03 (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 64/20 (20170801) B29C 64/106 (20170801) B29C 67/0055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 10/00 (20141201) B33Y 30/00 (20141201) |
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| US 09908709 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Natel Energy, Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Natel Energy, Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham D. Schneider (San Francisco, California); Erick M. Davidson (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a belt assembly including a flexible belt with an improved belt attachment. The belt attachment includes two crossbars spaced along the length of the belt. The crossbars retain bearings that allow predetermined movement in six degrees of freedom. The crossbars are connected by a rigid body that attaches to the bearings. Implements that are attached to the rigid body are simply supported but restrained in pitching rotation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/001686 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 15/52 (20130101) B65G 17/12 (20130101) B65G 17/14 (20130101) B65G 17/30 (20130101) B65G 17/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65G 37/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09908817 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a stacked capacitor configuration comprising subunits each with a thickness of as low as 20 microns. Also provided is combination capacitor and printed wire board wherein the capacitor is encapsulated by the wire board. The invented capacitors are applicable in micro-electronic applications and high power applications, whether it is AC to DC or DC to AC, or DC to DC. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/528544 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/443 (20130101) C04B 2235/449 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3244 (20130101) C04B 2235/3296 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) C04B 2235/6584 (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 26/00 (20130101) C23C 28/04 (20130101) C23C 28/30 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/1218 (20130101) H01G 4/1245 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC. (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC (Idaho Fall, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J Heaps (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Energetic compositions and methods of forming components from the compositions are provided. In one embodiment, a composition includes aluminum, molybdenum trioxide, potassium perchlorate, and a binder. In one embodiment, the binder may include a silicone material. The materials may be mixed with a solvent, such as xylene, de-aired, shaped and cured to provide a self-supporting structure. In one embodiment, one or more reinforcement members may be added to provide additional strength to the structure. For example, a weave or mat of carbon fiber material may be added to the mixture prior to curing. In one embodiment, blade casting techniques may be used to form a structure. In another embodiment, a structure may be formed using 3-dimensional printing techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/940561 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 33/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909052 | Bourcier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Sarah K. Roberts (Livermore, California); Jeffery J. Roberts (Livermore, California); Souheil M. Ezzedine (Berkeley, California); Jonathan D. Hunt (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for blocking fast flow paths in geological formations includes preparing a solution of colloidal silica having a nonviscous phase and a solid gel phase. The solution of colloidal silica is injected into the geological formations while the solution of colloidal silica is in the nonviscous phase. The solution of colloidal silica is directed into the fast flow paths and reaches the solid gel phase in the fast flow paths thereby blocking flow of fluid in the fast paths. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722843 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/5045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 41/0064 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09909093 | Soscia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Soscia (Livermore, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Erik V. Mukerjee (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a funnel apparatus for channeling cells onto a plurality of distinct, closely spaced regions of a seeding surface. The funnel apparatus has a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The body portion forms a plurality of flow paths, at least one of which is shaped to have a decreasing cross-sectional area from the upper surface to the lower surface. The flow paths are formed at the lower surface to enable cells deposited into the flow paths at the upper surface of the funnel apparatus to be channeled into a plurality of distinct, closely spaced regions on the seeding surface positioned adjacent the lower surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/824857 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/40 (20130101) C12M 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909117 | Kaduchak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Kaduchak (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael D. Ward (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source includes engineered acoustic contrast capture particle having a predetermined acoustic contrast. The apparatus includes a vibration generator that is operable to produce at least one acoustic field within the flow path. The acoustic field produces a force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles and a force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles in the flow path and drives the engineered acoustic contrast capture particles to either the force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles or the force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/098873 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/283 (20130101) Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids or Using Pneumatic Tables or Jigs B03B 1/04 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0634 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909136 | Srivastava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avinash C. Srivastava (Arcadia, California); Yuhong Tang (Norman, Oklahoma); Elison Blancaflor (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for decreasing lignin content in plants by reducing expression of a folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 (FPGS1) coding sequence in the plant. Also provided are methods for reducing lignin content in a plant by down-regulation of FPGS1 expression in the plant. Nucleic acid molecules for modulation of FPGS1 expression and transgenic plants the same are also provided. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved biofuel feedstock and as highly digestible forage crops. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing biofuels by utilizing such plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/710419 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/16 (20130101) D01F 9/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09909152 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ziyu Dai (Richland, Washington); Scott E. Baker (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Fungi, such as Aspergillus niger, having a dolichyl-P-Man:Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichyl mannosyltransferase (Alg3) gene genetic inactivation, increased expression of a loss of aflR expression A (LaeA), or both, are described. In some examples, such mutants have several phenotypes, including an increased production of citric acid relative to the parental strain. Methods of using the disclosed fungi to make citric acid are also described, as are compositions and kits including the disclosed fungi. Further described are Aspergillus terreus fungi overexpressing the LaeA gene and the use of such fungi for the production of itaconic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/928511 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/38 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/14 (20130101) C12N 9/1051 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/48 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/01258 (20130101) |
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| US 09909221 | Moon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji-Won Moon (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hyunsung Jung (Nowon-gu, South Korea); Tommy Joe Phelps (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Pooran Chandra Joshi (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerald Earle Jellison, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Beth Louise Armstrong (Clinton, Tennessee); Sean Campbell Smith (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Adam Justin Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method for producing metal-containing particles, the method comprising subjecting an aqueous solution comprising a metal salt, Eh, lowering reducing agent, pH adjusting agent, and water to conditions that maintain the Eh value of the solution within the bounds of an Eh-pH stability field corresponding to the composition of the metal-containing particles to be produced, and producing said metal-containing particles in said aqueous solution at a selected Eh value within the bounds of said Eh-pH stability field. The invention is also directed to the resulting metal-containing particles as well as devices in which they are incorporated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205589 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 1/21 (20130101) |
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| US 09909233 | Ihlefeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon F. Ihlefeld (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael B. Sinclair (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas E. Beechem, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to the use of mobile coherent interfaces in a ferroelectric material to interact with optical phonons and, ultimately, to affect the material's optical properties. In altering the optical phonon properties, the optical properties of the ferroelectric material in the spectral range near-to the phonon mode frequency can dramatically change. This can result in a facile means to change to the optical response of the ferroelectric material in the infrared. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/711122 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 37/042 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 13/00 (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 29/24 (20130101) C30B 29/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909549 | Mueller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Mueller (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies presented herein relate to enhancing mixing inside a combustion chamber to form one or more locally premixed mixtures comprising fuel and charge-gas with low peak fuel to charge-gas ratios to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. The duct can comprise of one or more holes along its length to enable charge-gas to be drawn into the bore, and further, the duct can cool the fuel and/or charge-gas prior to combustion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/789782 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 61/14 (20130101) F02M 61/1806 (20130101) F02M 61/1813 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909869 | Lovelady, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. J. Lovelady, III (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A lathe leveler for centering a cutting tool in relation to a cylindrical work piece includes a first leveling arm having a first contact point disposed adjacent a distal end of the first leveling arm, a second leveling arm having a second contact point disposed adjacent a distal end of the second leveling arm, a leveling gage, and a leveling plate having a cutting tool receiving surface positioned parallel to a horizontal axis of the leveling gage and on a same plane as a midpoint of the first contact point and the second contact point. The leveling arms and leveling plate are dimensioned and configured such that the cutting tool receiving surface is centered in relation to the work piece when the first and second contact points are in contact with one of the inner surface and outer surface of the cylindrical work piece and the leveling gage is centered. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/870263 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning; Boring B23B 25/06 (20130101) B23B 2260/094 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 9/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909998 | Patterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Patterson (Somerville, Massachusetts); John M. Doyle (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for spectroscopy of a gas mixture is described. Such an apparatus includes a gas mixing system configured to mix a hot analyte gas that includes at least one analyte species in a gas phase into a cold buffer gas, thereby forming a supersaturated mixture to be provided for spectroscopic analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391379 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 21/6402 (20130101) G01N 22/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0016 (20130101) |
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| US 09910011 | Mariella, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isotachophoresis system for separating a sample containing particles into discrete packets including a flow channel, the flow channel having a large diameter section and a small diameter section; a negative electrode operably connected to the flow channel; a positive electrode operably connected to the flow channel; a leading carrier fluid in the flow channel; a trailing carrier fluid in the flow channel; and a control for separating the particles in the sample into discrete packets using the leading carrier fluid, the trailing carrier fluid, the large diameter section, and the small diameter section. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105984 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44773 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09910014 | Choudhury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Niloy Choudhury (Glenville, New York); William Albert Challener (Glenville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the detection of a gas flowing from a location in a structure is described. A hollow-core optical fiber is placed in a position adjacent the structure. The fiber includes a sound-conductive cladding layer; and further includes at least one aperture extending into its cross-sectional diameter. A beam of pulsed, optical is transmitted into the fiber with a tunable laser. The optical energy is characterized by a wavelength that can be absorbed by the gas that flows into the fiber through the aperture. This causes a temperature fluctuation in the region of gas absorption, which in turn generates an acoustic wave in the absorption region. The acoustic wave travels through the cladding layer, and can be detected with a microphone, so as to provide the location of gas flow, based on the recorded position and movement of the acoustic wave. A related system is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/977820 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/24 (20130101) G01M 3/38 (20130101) G01M 3/243 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) G01N 21/1702 (20130101) G01N 29/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/14 (20130101) G01N 29/024 (20130101) G01N 29/2418 (20130101) G01N 2021/1704 (20130101) G01N 2021/1708 (20130101) G01N 2291/012 (20130101) G01N 2291/021 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02366 (20130101) |
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| US 09910170 | Billiard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING and TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Billiard (Lenexa, Kansas); George Bohnert (Harrisonville, Missouri); Christopher Boese (Pleasant Hill, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for detecting neutron emission comprises a housing, a moderator structure, a neutron detection element, and a plurality of plate electrodes. The housing provides an enclosure and shielding from radiation other than neutron emission. The moderator structure is positioned within the housing and is formed from energy absorbing material. The moderator structure includes a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart and oriented parallel to one another. The neutron detection element includes a neutron reactive material deposited on a planar substrate. The plate electrodes are formed from electrically conductive material and spaced apart from one another. Each adjacent pair of plate electrodes has a voltage therebetween, wherein one neutron detection element is positioned between adjacent pairs of plate electrodes and the combination of plate electrodes and neutron detection elements is positioned between the first side wall and the second side wall of the moderator structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/182731 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911039 | Brost et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randolph Brost (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Nikolaus Perkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies pertaining to identifying objects of interest in remote sensing images by searching over geospatial-temporal graph representations are described herein. Graphs are constructed by representing objects in remote sensing images as nodes, and connecting nodes with undirected edges representing either distance or adjacency relationships between objects and directed edges representing changes in time. Geospatial-temporal graph searches are made computationally efficient by taking advantage of characteristics of geospatial-temporal data in remote sensing images through the application of various graph search techniques. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848169 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — 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 9/469 (20130101) G06K 9/00637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6267 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/004 (20130101) |
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| US 09911514 | Edwards et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tyler A Edwards (Lynchburg, Virginia); Gary W Neeley (Forest, Virginia); James B Inman (Forest, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nuclear reactor includes a reactor core disposed in a reactor pressure vessel. A radiological containment contains the nuclear reactor and includes a concrete floor located underneath the nuclear reactor. An ex vessel corium retention system includes flow channels embedded in the concrete floor located underneath the nuclear reactor, an inlet in fluid communication with first ends of the flow channels, and an outlet in fluid communication with second ends of the flow channels. In some embodiments the inlet is in fluid communication with the interior of the radiological containment at a first elevation and the outlet is in fluid communication with the interior of the radiological containment at a second elevation higher than the first elevation. The radiological containment may include a reactor cavity containing a lower portion of the pressure vessel, wherein the concrete floor located underneath the nuclear reactor is the reactor cavity floor. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/299016 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 9/016 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09911525 | Stelzer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Stelzer (Palm Bay, Florida); Rainer Meinke (Melbourne, Florida); Mark Senti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method provides a first insulative layer tubular in shape and including a surface along which a conductor segment may be positioned. A channel formed in the surface of the insulative layer defines a first conductor path and includes a surface of first contour in cross section along a first plane transverse to the conductor path. A segment of conductor having a surface of second contour in cross section is positioned at least partly in the channel and extends along the conductor path. Along the first plane, contact between the conductor surface of second contour and the channel surface of first contour includes at least two separate regions of contact. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554312 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/288 (20130101) G01R 33/3802 (20130101) G01R 33/3815 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 6/02 (20130101) H01F 6/06 (20130101) H01F 7/20 (20130101) H01F 41/04 (20130101) H01F 41/071 (20160101) H01F 41/086 (20160101) H01F 41/098 (20160101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4902 (20150115) Y10T 29/49014 (20150115) Y10T 29/49073 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09911541 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donghai Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Ran Yi (State College, Pennsylvania); Shuru Chen (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments provide a hybrid supercapacitor exhibiting high energy and power densities enabled by a high-performance lithium-alloy anode coupled with a porous carbon cathode in an electrolyte containing lithium salt. Embodiments include a size reduced silicon oxide anode, a boron-doped silicon oxide anode, and/or a carbon coated silicon oxide anode, which may improve cycling stability and rate performance. Further embodiments include a hybrid supercapacitor system using a Li-active anode in an electrolyte including LiPF6 in a mixture of ethylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate (EC:DEC:DMC, 2:1:2 by vol.) and 10 wt % fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), which may reduce the self-discharge rate. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/746011 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 12/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09911584 | Frisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry J. Frisch (Chicago, Illinois); Matthew Wetstein (Ames, Iowa); Andrey Elagin (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In-situ methods for the batch fabrication of flat-panel micro-channel plate (MCP) photomultiplier tube (PMT) detectors (MCP-PMTs), without transporting either the window or the detector assembly inside a vacuum vessel are provided. The method allows for the synthesis of a reflection-mode photocathode on the entrance to the pores of a first MCP or the synthesis of a transmission-mode photocathode on the vacuum side of a photodetector entrance window. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/468371 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 9/12 (20130101) H01J 40/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 43/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09911813 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Boston, Massachusetts); Elison de Nazareth Matioli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tomas Apostol Palacios (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device includes a first region having a first semiconductor material and a second region having a second semiconductor material. The second region is formed over the first region. The semiconductor device also includes a current blocking structure formed in the first region between first and second terminals of the semiconductor device. The current blocking structure is configured to reduce current flow in the first region between the first and second terminals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651012 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/8258 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0649 (20130101) H01L 29/0688 (20130101) H01L 29/1033 (20130101) H01L 29/1079 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) |
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| US 09911871 | Lentine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Lehi, Utah); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Ronald S. Goeke (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic module includes colorized reflective photovoltaic cells that act as pixels. The colorized reflective photovoltaic cells are arranged so that reflections from the photovoltaic cells or pixels visually combine into an image on the photovoltaic module. The colorized photovoltaic cell or pixel is composed of a set of 100 to 256 base color sub-pixel reflective segments or sub-pixels. The color of each pixel is determined by the combination of base color sub-pixels forming the pixel. As a result, each pixel can have a wide variety of colors using a set of base colors, which are created, from sub-pixel reflective segments having standard film thicknesses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/747196 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/042 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911873 | Nemeth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Nemeth (Wheat Ridge, Colorado); Hao-Chih Yuan (Vancouver, Washington); Vincenzo LaSalvia (Golden, Colorado); Pauls Stradins (Golden, Colorado); Matthew R. Page (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of hydrogenation of passivated contacts using materials having hydrogen impurities are provided. An example method includes applying, to a passivated contact, a layer of a material, the material containing hydrogen impurities. The method further includes subsequently annealing the material and subsequently removing the material from the passivated contact. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/234586 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1872 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09911878 | Yim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Silicon Group, Inc. (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Silicon Group, Inc. (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanne Yim (San Francisco, California); Jeff Miller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael Jura (Santa Monica, California); Marcie R. Black (Salem, New Hampshire); Joanne Forziati (Everett, Massachusetts); Brian Murphy (Revere, Massachusetts); Lauren Magliozzi (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In an aspect of the disclosure, a process for forming nanostructuring on a silicon-containing substrate is provided. The process comprises (a) performing metal-assisted chemical etching on the substrate, (b) performing a clean, including partial or total removal of the metal used to assist the chemical etch, and (c) performing an isotropic or substantially isotropic chemical etch subsequently to the metal-assisted chemical etch of step (a). In an alternative aspect of the disclosure, the process comprises (a) performing metal-assisted chemical etching on the substrate, (b) cleaning the substrate, including removal of some or all of the assisting metal, and (c) performing a chemical etch which results in regularized openings in the silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/917698 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 31/0236 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/02366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09911974 | de Guzman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rhet C. de Guzman (Detroit, Michigan); K. Y. Simon Ng (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Steven O. Salley (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite anode for a lithium-ion battery is manufactured from silicon nanoparticles having diameters mostly under 10 nm; providing an oxide layer on the silicon nanoparticles; dispersing the silicon nanoparticles in a polar liquid; providing a graphene oxide suspension; mixing the polar liquid containing the dispersed silicone nanoparticles with the graphene oxide suspension to obtain a composite mixture; probe-sonicating the mixture for a predetermined time; filtering the composite mixture to obtain a solid composite; drying the composite; and reducing the composite to obtain graphene and silicon. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/350858 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (20130101) H01M 2220/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09911981 | Kane |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie C. Kane (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An air-cathode battery includes a porous cathode current collector with an air interface, an ionic liquid electrolyte disposed in pores of the porous cathode current collector; a metal anode, and a separator in contact with the ionic liquid electrolyte and coupled between the porous cathode current collector and the metal anode. The porous cathode current collector is an ionogel formed from a silica sol-gel or a carbonized resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogel and the pores are functionalized with a thiol group-containing species that is functionalized with one or more catalytic nanoparticles or the pores are electroplated with catalytic metal. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/683490 |
| 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 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/8663 (20130101) H01M 4/8817 (20130101) H01M 4/8846 (20130101) H01M 4/9041 (20130101) H01M 4/9075 (20130101) H01M 12/00 (20130101) H01M 12/02 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/8689 (20130101) |
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| US 09912104 | Barr |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Maunfacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Barr (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A dielectric barrier for use with a lightning arrestor connector comprises a plurality of physically connected cells defining a hollow, tubular side wall, with each cell including a frame formed from dielectric material and an aperture that creates a void within the frame. The dielectric barrier is configured to be positioned between an inner conductor and an outer conductor and provides a low resistance path from one conductor to the other conductor when the voltage between the two conductors exceeds a threshold value. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/490325 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/623 (20130101) H01R 13/655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spark Gaps; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark Gaps; Sparking Plugs; Corona Devices; Generating Ions to be Introduced into Non-enclosed Gases H01T 4/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09912257 | Stalford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro machine may be in or less than the micrometer domain. The micro machine may include a micro actuator and a micro shaft coupled to the micro actuator. The micro shaft is operable to be driven by the micro actuator. A tool is coupled to the micro shaft and is operable to perform work in response to at least motion of the micro shaft. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/512176 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/02 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09912420 | Musgrove et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cameron H. Musgrove (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas Thompson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies for isolating a signal of interest from signals received contemporaneously by an antenna are described herein. A time period for which a signal of interest is present in a second signal can be identified based upon ratios of values of the second signal to the mean value of the second signal. When the ratio of the value of the second signal at a particular time to the mean of the second signal exceeds a threshold value, the signal of interest is considered to be present in the second signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/474089 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 15/02 (20130101) H04B 17/23 (20150115) H04B 17/345 (20150115) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judit E. Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judit E. Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the polymerization of α-lipoic acid and α-lipoic acid derivatives includes preparing an α-lipoic formulation, exposing the α-lipoic formulation to an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase at a gas/water interface, and allowing the α-lipoic formulation to polymerize at the gas/water interface to form a poly(α-lipoic acid) polymer. The α-lipoic formulation can be an α-lipoic solution of an α-lipoic solute and an organic solvent miscible with water, and can also be an α-lipoic acid or oligomer or polymer thereof in liquid (typically melt) form. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549661 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/385 (20130101) A61K 31/795 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09907906 | Ordeig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga Ordeig (Brooklyn, New York); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York); Sau Yin Chin (Bronx, New York); Anne-Celine Kohler (Paris, France); Yuk Kee Cheung Poh (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) devices can be fabricated completely of hydrogel materials. Such hydrogels can include polyethylene glycol with diacrylate functional groups (e.g., PEGDA), which are photopolymerizable in the presence of crosslinkers and photoinitiators. By using PEGDA monomers of different molecular weights and at different percentages, the mechanical properties of the polymerized gels and their respective permeabilities can be tuned. This spatial variation in properties and permeabilities can lead to different functionalities between different portions of the hydrogel MEMS device. Portions of the hydrogel device may be remotely actuated by applying wave energy, for example, a magnetic field, high intensity focused ultrasound, and/or infrared radiation. The remote actuation can allow the device to be actuated in vivo, for example, to allow the device to deliver a drug or other substance at a desired time and/or desired location within a patient. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/953700 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (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 5/14276 (20130101) A61M 5/16813 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/0244 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09908824 | Nicholas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. Nicholas (Evanston, Illinois); Massimiliano Delferro (Chicago, Illinois); Weixing Gu (Shanghai, China PRC); Tobin Jay Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Alakananda Bhattacharyya (Glen Ellyn, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for selectively hydrogenating benzene with a supported organometallic hydrogenating catalyst are provided. An exemplary method includes contacting an arene-containing reaction stream comprising benzene and one or more additional arenes with hydrogen in the presence of a supported organometallic hydrogenating catalyst under reaction conditions effective to hydrogenate at least benzene in the arene-containing reaction stream to produce a reaction effluent having a ratio of benzene to additional arenes that is lower than a ratio of benzene to additional arenes in the reaction stream. In this method, the supported organometallic hydrogenating catalyst includes a catalytically active organometallic species and a Brønsted acidic sulfated metal oxide support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/167603 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/10 (20130101) C07C 13/18 (20130101) C07C 2521/04 (20130101) C07C 2521/06 (20130101) C07C 2523/30 (20130101) C07C 2527/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) C07C 2531/38 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 45/46 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09908884 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Pasi Janne (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael J. Eck (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael S. Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Pasi Janne (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael J. Eck (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyridine, pyridine, purine and triazine compounds which are able to modulate epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), including Her-kinases, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/319079 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 473/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908900 | Burke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin D. Burke (Champaign, Illinois); Graham R. Dick (Vancouver, Canada); David M. Knapp (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric P. Gillis (Wallingford, Connecticut); Jenna A. Klubnick (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods of forming protected boronic acids that provide in a manner that is straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective a wide variety of building blocks, such as building blocks containing complex and/or pharmaceutically important structures, and/or provide simple or complex protected organoboronic acid building blocks. A first method includes reacting an imino-di-carboxylic acid and an organoboronate salt. A second method includes reacting a N-substituted morpholine dione and an organoboronic acid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/168457 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908901 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremiah A. Johnson (Boston, Massachusetts); Aleksandr V. Zhukhovitskiy (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Articles and methods comprising persistent carbenes are provided, as well as related compositions. In some embodiments, a persistent carbene may be associated with a portion of a substrate (e.g., at least a portion of a surface on the substrate). In certain embodiments, the association of persistent carbene with the substrate may be used to affect certain properties of substrate (e.g., surface chemistry, stability). In some cases, a persistent carbene may be functionalized after association with a portion of a substrate. In some embodiments, a persistent carbene and at least one secondary compound may be associated with a portion of a substrate. Articles and methods of the present invention may be useful for applications involving electronics, sensing, microfabrication, nanotechnology, biomimetic, and drug delivery, amongst others. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/183730 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0814 (20130101) C07F 7/0818 (20130101) C07F 7/0827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09908905 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurpreet Singh (Manhattan, Kansas); Lamuel David (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for synthesizing aluminum-modified silazanes, their use as polymer-derived ceramic precursors, and polymer-derived ceramics and carbon nanotube core/shell nanocomposites formed therefrom are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794322 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) |
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| US 09908995 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite composition having a silicone elastomer matrix having therein a filler loading of greater than 0.05 wt %, based on total nanocomposite weight, wherein the filler is functional graphene sheets (FGS) having a surface area of from 300 m2/g to 2630 m2/g; and a method for producing the nanocomposite and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225946 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/08 (20130101) C08G 77/16 (20130101) C08G 77/18 (20130101) C08G 77/20 (20130101) C08G 77/38 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/2053 (20130101) C08J 2383/07 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09909116 | Souza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glauco R Souza (Houston, Texas); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas); Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas); Thomas Charles Killian (Houston, Texas); Robert M. Raphael (Houston, Texas); Daniel Joshua Stark (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods generally useful in medicine, cellular biology, nanotechnology, and cell culturing are discussed. In particular, at least in some embodiments, systems and methods for magnetic guidance and patterning of cells and materials are discussed. Some specific applications of these systems and methods may include levitated culturing of cells away from a surface, making and manipulating patterns of levitated cells, and patterning culturing of cells on a surface. Specifically, a method of culturing cells is presented. The method may comprise providing a plurality of cells, providing a magnetic field, and levitating at least some of the plurality of cells in the magnetic field, wherein the plurality of cells comprise magnetic nanoparticles. The method may also comprise maintaining the levitation for a time sufficient to permit cell growth to form an assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331377 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2529/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09909173 | Soper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Soper (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Grills (Trumansburg, New York); Robin McCarley (Prairieville, Louisiana); Collin J. McKinney (Durham, North Carolina); Dorel Moldovan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael C. Murphy (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Dimitris Nikitopoulos (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Sunggook Park (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device comprising a biomolecular processor. Each biomolecular processor has one or more bioreactor chambers defined by a solid substrate; a support structure within each bioreactor; a cleaving enzyme immobilized to the support structure and operatively positioned within the bioreactor chamber to cleave monomer or multimer units of a biopolymer molecule operatively engaged by the cleaving enzyme; and one or more time-of-flight channels formed in the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to said one or more bioreactor chambers. Each of the time-of-flight channels have two or more sensors including at least (i) a first sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the input end of the channel and (ii) a second sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the output end of channel. The present invention further relates to methods of sequencing and identifying biopolymer molecules using the device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763972 |
| 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 Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (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) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4473 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/009 (20130101) |
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| US 09909229 | Mann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M Mann (Springboro, Ohio); Eric Hunt (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing rubidium uranium fluoride crystals. The method includes combining uranium-based feedstock with a mineralizer solution that includes a rubidium fluoride. The feedstock and mineralizer solution are pressurized and a thermal gradient 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. 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 | 15/077317 |
| 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) |
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| US 09909259 | Horne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Horne (Tallahassee, Florida); Zhiyong Liang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for producing continuous buckypapers. The systems may permit the in-line characterization and crosslinking of the continuous buckypapers. The systems include roll-to-roll systems in which a continuous buckypaper is created and then separated from the filter paper in an automated process. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/972371 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0004 (20130101) B01D 67/0093 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 2323/42 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Paper-making Machines; Methods of Producing Paper Thereon D21F 9/00 (20130101) D21F 11/00 (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 13/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09909998 | Patterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Patterson (Somerville, Massachusetts); John M. Doyle (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for spectroscopy of a gas mixture is described. Such an apparatus includes a gas mixing system configured to mix a hot analyte gas that includes at least one analyte species in a gas phase into a cold buffer gas, thereby forming a supersaturated mixture to be provided for spectroscopic analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391379 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 21/6402 (20130101) G01N 22/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0016 (20130101) |
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| US 09910171 | Kunnen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Kunnen (Chandler, Arizona); David Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Kunnen (Chandler, Arizona); David Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments include a system. The system includes a sensor device having a sensor element having a sensor output and an amplification element having at least one amplification stage, an amplifier input, and an amplifier output. The sensor output can be coupled to the amplifier input. Further, each amplification stage of the amplification stage(s) can have at least four thin film transistors, an input node, and an output node. Meanwhile, the sensor element can detect a physical quantity and/or an event and can provide an electric signal to the amplification element in response to detecting the physical quantity and/or the event, and the amplification element can amplify the electric signal received from the sensor element. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851779 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1431 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1214 (20130101) H01L 27/1443 (20130101) H01L 29/42384 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) |
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| US 09910352 | Doyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Seamus Doyle (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dhananjay Dendukuri (Begumpet, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Seamus Doyle (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Daniel Colin Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dhananjay Dendukuri (Begumpet, India) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse. An article of manufacture includes a non-spheroidal polymeric microstructure that has a plurality of distinct material regions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/702648 |
| 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 | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/04 (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 7/0037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/42 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24 (20150115) Y10T 428/1352 (20150115) Y10T 428/24273 (20150115) |
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| US 09910411 | Celik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ozkan Celik (Wheat Ridge, Colorado); Vinay Chawda (Houston, Texas); Marcia K. O'Malley (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ozkan Celik (Wheat Ridge, Colorado); Vinay Chawda (Houston, Texas); Marcia K. O'Malley (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The controller includes a differentiating engine configured to receive an input signal value (ISV), wherein the ISV corresponds to state information for one selected from a group consisting of a controlled process and a user interface. The differentiating engine is further configured to determine an error between the ISV and an estimated input signal (EIS), estimate a frequency of the IS, select a plurality of pre-determined gains using the frequency, wherein at least one plurality of pre-determined gains is a suction control gain, determine a first estimated derivative of the input signal (EDIS) using the plurality of pre-determined gains and the error, and to output the first EDIS. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/979603 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 15/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/05 (20130101) G06F 3/011 (20130101) G06F 3/016 (20130101) |
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| US 09910982 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mo-Yuen Chow (Cary, North Carolina); Wente Zeng (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Large-scale, time-sensitive secure distributed control systems and methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes detecting an anomaly at a module among a plurality of modules in a network. The method also includes adjusting a reputation level of the module associated with the detected anomaly. Further, the method includes controlling interaction of the module associated with the detected anomaly within the network based on the adjusted reputation level. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/889840 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/552 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/00 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/1057 (20130101) |
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| US 09911358 | Ghovanloo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maysam Ghovanloo (Atlanta, Georgia); Jacob Block (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time wireless system for recording natural tongue movements in the 3D oral space. By attaching a small magnetic tracer to the tongue, either temporarily or semi-permanently, and placing an array of magnetic sensors around the mouth, the tracer can be localized with sub-millimeter precision. The system can also combine the tracer localization with acoustic, video, and flow data via additional sensors to form a comprehensive audiovisual biofeedback mechanism for diagnosing speech impairments and improving speech therapy. Additionally, the system can record tongue trajectories and create an indexed library of such traces. The indexed library can be used as a tongue tracking silent speech interface. The library can synthesize words, phrases, or execute commands tied to the individual patterns of magnetic field variations or tongue trajectories. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281794 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 5/06 (20130101) G09B 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911539 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shenqiang Ren (Lawrence, Kansas); Maogang Gong (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are FeS2 based photovoltaic battery devices comprising a transparent substrate, an active layer disposed over the transparent substrate, the active layer comprising a porous film of FeS2 nanocrystals and a halide ionic liquid infiltrating the porous film, and an electrode disposed over the active layer. The device may be configured such that under exposure to light, photons incident on the active layer are absorbed by the FeS2 nanocrystals, generating a current and a voltage, whereby a separation of charge within the active layer is created, which is discharged in the absence of the light. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/654884 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/20 (20130101) H01G 9/2013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09911584 | Frisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry J. Frisch (Chicago, Illinois); Matthew Wetstein (Ames, Iowa); Andrey Elagin (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In-situ methods for the batch fabrication of flat-panel micro-channel plate (MCP) photomultiplier tube (PMT) detectors (MCP-PMTs), without transporting either the window or the detector assembly inside a vacuum vessel are provided. The method allows for the synthesis of a reflection-mode photocathode on the entrance to the pores of a first MCP or the synthesis of a transmission-mode photocathode on the vacuum side of a photodetector entrance window. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/468371 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 9/12 (20130101) H01J 40/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 43/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09912045 | Werner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Zhihao Jiang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a first body having an array of resonators; a spacer adjacent to the first body, and a second body adjacent to the spacer such that the spacer is between the first and second bodies. The first body can be configured as an artificial metasurface ground plane and the second body can be configured as a monopole. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/273790 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/52 (20130101) H01Q 1/241 (20130101) H01Q 1/273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 15/0013 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) |
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| US 09912069 | Alu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Alu (Austin, Texas); Jason Soric (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication system that reduces the mutual influence of antennas operating in similar or different frequency bands. The communication system includes a first and a second antenna operating in a first and a second frequency band, respectively, and placed in close proximity to each other. The first antenna is covered by a conformal mantle metasurface with anti-phase scattering properties thereby cancelling the scattering in the second frequency band. The conformal mantle metasurface consists of a patterned metallic sheet comprising slits both in an azimuthal and a vertical direction to reduce both vertical and horizontal polarization scattering. When the first antenna is a low-band dipole antenna and when the second antenna is a high-band dipole antenna, the conformal mantle metasurface reduces the low-band blockage without disrupting the performance of both antennas in terms of radiation pattern and impedance matching. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/844243 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/521 (20130101) H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09913146 | Tonnemacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Tonnemacher (Dallas, Texas); Dinesh Rajan (Dallas, Texas); Joseph Camp (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an apparatus and method for determining cell coverage in a region with reduced in-field propagation measurements comprising: obtaining geographical features of the region; predicting the number of measurements required to accurately characterize its path loss; determining the path loss prediction accuracy of wardriving and crowdsourcing by oversampling a suburban and a downtown region from cell measurements that comprise signal strength and global positioning system coordinates; and using statistical learning to build a relationship between these geographical features and the measurements required, thereby reducing the number of measurements needed to determine path loss accuracy. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/399940 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 17/318 (20150115) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) H04W 16/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 24/02 (20130101) H04W 24/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09913374 | Crain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/295492 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/02 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/46 (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 7/125 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101) C09D 11/037 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) C09D 11/102 (20130101) C09D 171/02 (20130101) C09D 177/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/092 (20130101) H05K 1/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/12 (20130101) H05K 3/0091 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09908642 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvia M. Johnson (Alameda, California); John W. Lawson (Mountain View, California); Thomas H. Squire (Alameda, California); Michael Gusman (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal protection system (TPS) comprising a mixture of silicon carbide and SiOx that has been converted from Si that is present in a collection of diatom frustules and at least one diatom has quasi-periodic pore-to-pore separation distance d(p-p) in a selected range. Where a heat shield comprising the converted SiC/SiOx frustules receives radiation, associated with atmospheric (re)entry, a portion of this radiation is reflected so that radiation loading of the heat shield is reduced. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/604553 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/58 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/62685 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/401 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09908962 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America 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) | Keith L. Gordon (Hampton, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided to produce new mechanoresponsive healing systems. Additionally, various embodiments provide a two tier self-healing material system concept that provides a non-intrusive method to mitigate impact damage in a structure ranging from low velocity impact damage (e.g., crack damage) to high velocity impact damage (e.g., ballistic damage.) The various embodiments provide the mechanophore linked polymer PBG-BCB-PBG. The various embodiments provide methods for synthesizing PBG-BCB-PBG. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/329528 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment or Chemical Modification of Rubbers C08C 19/20 (20130101) C08C 19/25 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 255/08 (20130101) C08F 293/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09908993 | Barnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Miamisburg, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Barnell (Dayton, Ohio); Sean P. Garrigan (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael D. Rauscher (Beavercreek, Ohio); Benjamin A. Dietsch (Dayton, Ohio); Gary N. Cupp (Waynesville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a hybrid fiber layup used to form a fiber-reinforced polymeric composite, and a fiber-reinforced polymeric composite produced therefrom are disclosed. The hybrid fiber layup comprises one or more dry fiber strips and one or more prepreg fiber strips arranged side by side within each layer, wherein the prepreg fiber strips comprise fiber material impregnated with polymer resin and the dry fiber strips comprise fiber material without impregnated polymer resin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875978 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, 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 70/02 (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) B29K 2067/00 (20130101) B29K 2079/085 (20130101) B29K 2507/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2009/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09908995 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuyang Pan (Southgate, Michigan); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite composition having a silicone elastomer matrix having therein a filler loading of greater than 0.05 wt %, based on total nanocomposite weight, wherein the filler is functional graphene sheets (FGS) having a surface area of from 300 m2/g to 2630 m2/g; and a method for producing the nanocomposite and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225946 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/08 (20130101) C08G 77/16 (20130101) C08G 77/18 (20130101) C08G 77/20 (20130101) C08G 77/38 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/2053 (20130101) C08J 2383/07 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09909505 | Gallagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, Connecticut); Shari L. Bugaj (Haddam, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a core flow passage, a bypass flow passage, and a propulsor arranged at an inlet of the bypass flow passage and the core flow passage. The propulsor includes a row of propulsor blades. The row includes no more than 20 of the propulsor blades. The propulsor has a pressure ratio between about 1.2 and about 1.7 across the propulsor blades. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/695373 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/282 (20130101) F01D 15/12 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/06 (20130101) F02K 3/06 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/023 (20130101) F04D 29/053 (20130101) F04D 29/325 (20130101) F04D 29/388 (20130101) F04D 29/526 (20130101) F04D 29/563 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2220/36 (20130101) F05D 2220/327 (20130101) F05D 2260/4031 (20130101) F05D 2300/603 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 09909530 | Tillman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G Tillman (West Hartford, Connecticut); Wesley K. Lord (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fan section for an engine has a fan which rotates about an axis, the fan has an inlet for ingesting ambient air, and a non-axisymmetric nozzle for providing the fan with non-uniform back pressure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/295566 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 29/04 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/002 (20130101) F02K 1/12 (20130101) F02K 1/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 3/06 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/36 (20130101) F05D 2250/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09909574 | Heimanowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CU Aerospace, LLC (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CU Aerospace, LLC (Champaign, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil J. Heimanowski (Urbana, Illinois); Curtis A. Woodruff (Urbana, Illinois); Rodney L. Burton (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Carroll (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for operating self-pressurizing propellants in space thruster chambers and nozzles heated by resistive, radiative or nuclear methods at temperatures hundreds of degrees above the decomposition temperature. The method is defined by reducing the chamber volume Vc and increasing the nozzle throat area A* such that a propellant vapor with sonic velocity a* experiences a high temperature residence time that is less than 10 milliseconds. In other aspects of the invention propellant vapor is formed from a self-pressurizing propellant and the residence time is such that the propellant vapor does not decompose nor does the propellant vapor polymerize to a solid. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/143857 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/62 (20130101) F02K 9/97 (20130101) F02K 9/425 (20130101) Producing a Reactive Propulsive Thrust, Not Otherwise Provided for F03H 1/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2210/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09909990 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/263063 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/062 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (20130101) |
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| US 09911544 | Meyyappan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal oxide vertical graphene hybrid supercapacitor is provided. The supercapacitor includes a pair of collectors facing each other, and vertical graphene electrode material grown directly on each of the pair of collectors without catalyst or binders. A separator may separate the vertical graphene electrode materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301285 |
| 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) H01G 11/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/86 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09912323 | Ardalan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Micro RDC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MICRO RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sasan Ardalan (Alberquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to devices and methods of maintaining the current starved delay at a constant value across variations in voltage and temperature to increase the speed of operation of the sequential logic in the radiation hardened ASIC design. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/862140 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/0372 (20130101) H03K 3/0375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 5/135 (20130101) H03K 19/00338 (20130101) H03K 2005/00013 (20130101) |
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| US 09913374 | Crain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey); VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATION (Jessup, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/295492 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/02 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/46 (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 7/125 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101) C09D 11/037 (20130101) C09D 11/52 (20130101) C09D 11/102 (20130101) C09D 171/02 (20130101) C09D 177/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/092 (20130101) H05K 1/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/12 (20130101) H05K 3/0091 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09913414 | Sadleir |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Sadleir (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of protecting magnetically sensitive devices with a shield, including: a non-superconducting metal or lower transition temperature (Tc) material compared to a higher transition temperature material, disposed in a magnetic field; means for creating a spatially varying order parameter's |Ψ(r,T)|2 in a non-superconducting metal or a lower transition temperature material; wherein a spatially varying order parameter is created by a proximity effect, such that the non-superconducting metal or the lower transition temperature material becomes superconductive as a temperature is lowered, creating a flux-free Meissner state at a center thereof, in order to sweep magnetic flux lines to the periphery. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/846498 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/025 (20130101) G01R 33/0076 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 9/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09908313 | Renneckar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Renneckar (Blacksburg, Virginia); William T. Church (New Albany, Ohio); Jeffrey A. Dolan (Christiansburg, Virginia); Robert S. Wright (Blacksburg, Virginia); Zhiyuan Lin (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Renneckar (Blacksburg, Virginia); William T. Church (New Albany, Ohio); Jeffrey A. Dolan (Christiansburg, Virginia); Robert S. Wright (Blacksburg, Virginia); Zhiyuan Lin (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for bonding lignocellulosic substrates without an added adhesive are described. The processes of the invention may include exposing the surfaces of the lignocellulosic substrate to a rapid heating source to cause one or more physical, chemical, or other modifications on the surface of the substrate. As a result of the modifications, the surfaces may form a bond with another substrate under elevated temperatures and pressures, for example, produced by a means for pressing such as a conventional hot press used in the woodworking arts. The processes allow a variety of composites such as wood materials for use in the furniture making or construction industries to be manufactured. As the processes forgo the need for petroleum-based adhesives, they are more environmentally sound and occupationally safe than prior art wood product manufacturing methods. Additionally, composite materials made by the processes of the invention are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/434657 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Veneer or Plywood B27D 1/00 (20130101) B27D 5/003 (20130101) Working of Wood Not Provided for in Subclasses B27B - B27l; Manufacture of Specific Wooden Articles B27M 3/0026 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/04 (20130101) B32B 21/02 (20130101) B32B 21/13 (20130101) B32B 21/14 (20130101) B32B 37/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 38/0008 (20130101) B32B 2037/0092 (20130101) B32B 2307/54 (20130101) B32B 2307/202 (20130101) B32B 2307/542 (20130101) B32B 2310/0843 (20130101) B32B 2317/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09908827 | Mir |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AGROFRESH INC. (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AGROFRESH INC. (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazir Mir (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are adsorption complexes that include 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and a metal coordination polymer network (MCPN), wherein the MCPN is a porous material, and the 1-MCP is adsorbed into the MCPN. Also disclosed are kits for containing 1-MCP that include the adsorption complex in a 1-MCP-impermeable package. Also disclosed are methods of releasing 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) from the kit that include the application of aqueous fluids, heat, and/or pressure. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/206707 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — 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 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/18 (20130101) A01N 25/28 (20130101) A01N 27/00 (20130101) A01N 27/00 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/10 (20130101) C07C 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 53/06 (20130101) C07C 55/02 (20130101) C07C 317/14 (20130101) C07C 317/44 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 251/12 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) C07F 3/02 (20130101) C07F 3/06 (20130101) C07F 15/02 (20130101) C07F 15/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09909139 | Fellers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Fellers (Manhattan, Kansas); Harold N. Trick (Olsburg, Kansas); Luisa Cruz (Plant City, Florida); Jessica Rupp (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a dsRNA construct used to silencing specific eukaryotic translation initiation factor in plants to produce a plant resistant to viruses such as Potyviruses, Luteoviruses, and Furoviruses. More specifically, the plant would be resistant to viruses such as Wheat streak mosaic virus, Triticum mosaic virus, Soil bourne mosaic virus, or Barley yellow dwarf virus. Also disclosed are non-transgenic wheat plants having the genes for eIF(iso)4E-2 or eIF4G silenced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/494661 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09909241 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin S. Liu (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Peggy M. Tomasula (Titusville, New Jersey); Shih-Chuan Liu (Taichung, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of forming a fiber mat, involving forming an aqueous solution of at least one protein, at least one polysaccharide, and optionally a plasticizer, and electrospinning the aqueous solution onto a collector to form a mat. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554736 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/005 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/003 (20130101) D01D 5/0038 (20130101) D01D 5/0046 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 4/00 (20130101) D01F 11/02 (20130101) Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 1/728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2211/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09909123 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Techulon Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Malone (Pearisburg, Virginia); Joshua Bryson (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are antisense molecules and compositions for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection. The antisense molecules and compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA, DNA, or nucleic acid molecules with modified backbones, such as PNA. The antisense molecules and compositions inhibit gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus; are optionally conjugated to cell penetration molecules such as peptides; and are optionally administered in the form of a nanoparticle composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777007 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (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 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09909990 | Hug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Photon Systems, Inc. (Covina, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Hug (Altadena, California); Rohit Bhartia (Pasadena, California); Ray D. Reid (Glendora, California); Arthur L. Lane (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor/dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/263063 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/062 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09908435 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Proterra Inc. (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proterra Inc. (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Hill (New Braunfels, Texas); Michael Walker (Dale City, California); Joshua Goldman (San Diego, California); John Horth (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems and methods for charging a vehicle. A vehicle and charging station can be designed such that an electric or hybrid vehicle can operate in a fashion similar to a conventional vehicle by being opportunity charged throughout a known route. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/485385 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 5/42 (20130101) Power Supply Lines, and Devices Along Rails, for Electrically- Propelled Vehicles B60M 7/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) H02J 7/0042 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09907797 | Brandes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johann C Brandes (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to the uses of compounds that target an interaction between CHFR and PARP1. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relate to treating cancer by administering a mitotic inhibitor such as a taxane and a vinca alkaloid in combination with a compound that inhibits CHFR and PARP1 interactions, such as 5-((1-benzyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)-1-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione, derivatives or salts thereof, optionally in further combination with a third anti-cancer agent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/877203 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09910731 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence S. Kaplan (Shoreline, Washington); Preston Pengra Briggs, III (Seattle, Washington); Miles Arthur Ohlrich (Seattle, Washington); Willard Huston Leslie (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A resiliency system detects and corrects memory errors reported by a memory system of a computing system using previously stored error correction information. When a program stores data into a memory location, the resiliency system executing on the computing system generates and stores error correction information. When the program then executes a load instruction to retrieve the data from the memory location, the load instruction completes normally if there is no memory error. If, however, there is a memory error, the computing system passes control to the resiliency system (e.g., via a trap) to handle the memory error. The resiliency system retrieves the error correction information for the memory location and re-creates the data of the memory location. The resiliency system stores the data as if the load instruction had completed normally and passes control to the next instruction of the program. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357448 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/064 (20130101) G06F 3/0619 (20130101) G06F 3/0673 (20130101) G06F 11/08 (20130101) G06F 11/10 (20130101) G06F 11/14 (20130101) G06F 11/141 (20130101) G06F 11/202 (20130101) G06F 11/1008 (20130101) G06F 11/1016 (20130101) G06F 11/1068 (20130101) G06F 11/1076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/1402 (20130101) G06F 11/1405 (20130101) G06F 11/1479 (20130101) G06F 11/2023 (20130101) G06F 11/2035 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09908437 | Kwiatkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pratt and Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc. (New Hudson, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRATT and MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC. (New Hudson, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Kwiatkowski (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kris Houghton (Plymouth, Michigan); Celyn M. Evans (Milford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved seating system is provided for vehicles, including military vehicles. Center-facing seats are staggered to provide for a narrow vehicle profile, improved ingress and egress, and increased blast survivability. Seats may be reclined or reclinable, and seats may have seat pans upwardly movable away from a center aisle between rows of seats to increase an effective width of the aisle for improved ingress and egress. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/245829 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Seats Specially Adapted for Vehicles; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation Not Otherwise Provided for B60N 2/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60N 2/20 (20130101) B60N 2/22 (20130101) B60N 2/502 (20130101) B60N 2/3047 (20130101) Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 7/14 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 7/042 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09910827 | Muralimanohar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naveen Muralimanohar (Palo Alto, California); Ben Feinberg (Rochester, New York); Ali Shafiee-Ardestani (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples herein relate to circuits for computing vector-matrix multiplications involving negative values. A first memory crossbar array may be mapped to a first matrix which includes the positive values of an input matrix. A second memory crossbar array may be mapped to a second matrix which includes the negative values of the input matrix. An analog-to-digital converter may generate digital intermediate multiplication results based on analog results computed by the memory crossbar arrays. The digital intermediate multiplication results may include an intermediate result corresponding to a multiplication of each of the first vector and second vector with each of the first matrix and the second matrix. A controller may aggregate the digital intermediate results to generate a combined multiple result that represents the vector-matrix multiplication of the input vector and the input matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/201040 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) H03M 1/66 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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